“I am still surprised on a regular basis at the love I feel for the spirit of God, the deep respect and… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“Everybody has a home team: It’s the people you call when you get a flat tire or when something terrible happens. It’s… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“What I’m learning is that you have to stop doing a whole lot of things to learn what it is you really… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“when you do what you love with people who love the same thing, something is born into your midst and begins to… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“Life sneaks up on us every once in a while and gives us something we didn't ever know we wanted, and lights… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“and so I began the daily, unglamorous work of rebuilding that strong inner core - replacing that sludgy hatred with love.” — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“I'm a reader and a storyteller, and God chose literature and story and poetry as the languages of my spiritual text. To… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“It seems to me that one of the great hazards is quick love, which is actually charm. We get used to smiling,… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“Words that I’m choosing in this season: passion, connection, meaning, love, grace, spirit.” — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“We don't learn to love each other well in the easy moments. Anyone is good company at a cocktail party. But love… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
...what I can do is offer myself, wholehearted and present, to walk with the people I love through the fear and the mess. That's… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“We decide where the time goes. There's so much freedom in that, and so much responsibility.” — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“To all the secret writers, late-night painters, would-be singers, lapsed and scared artists of every stripe, dig out your paintbrush, or your flute, or… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“When things fall apart, the broken pieces allow all sorts of things to enter, and one of them is the presence of God.” — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“The world is alive, blinking and clicking, winking at us slyly, inviting us to get up and dance to the music that’s been playing… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“I have always, essentially, been waiting. Waiting to become something else, waiting to be that person I always thought I was on the verge… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“I am still surprised on a regular basis at the love I feel for the spirit of God, the deep respect and emotion that… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“...now that I am a mother, I understand what Mother's Day is about: it's about looking through our lives and recognizing the act of… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“We have, each one of us, been entrusted with one life, made up of days and hours and minutes. We're spending them according to… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“Years ago, Aaron and I were talking with the pastor of a fast-growing church, and another friend, a more seasoned pastor. The first pastor… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“I believe deeply that God does his best work in our lives during times of great heartbreak and loss, and I believe that much… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
