“That is what grace does. It comes as a surprise; it lingers in the rare atmosphere of love, since love itself is breathed by it and love by it is made manifest. This expression of love is "ecstasy" in the… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“Eurus thrashes, but Rutt holds on. She crushes the bones of his jaws and still holds on until he suffocates and dies.” — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“He went wordless, and wordless he sat beside her. He knew the size of her sorrow.” — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“Her ballad did nothing to make the serpants lovely. Her ballad hid nothing of their dread. But the music itself spoke of faith and… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“Have you noticed the words which Old Testament people use when someone important calls them by name? They don't say "What?" or "Yes?" They… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“I agreed Paul knew his limits. But I never believed he'd choose to live within them.” — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“But the talk of dialogue involves the work of knowing, acknowledging the other, of shaping speech toward him, for her. It is neither done… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“Volunteering" also honours the sort of work your spouse is obliged to do if you choose cheerfully to do it for him or her.… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“In the bedroom the truer, unpremeditated behavior of intimacy appears, the way this spouse relates to others on the most personal level, body to body and soul to soul. Is he truly patient in sexuality? So he seemed on long spring evenings. Or does he push forward at his own speed to his own satisfaction? And does he consider his… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share
“And the strongest trust is built by the smallest actions, the keeping of the little promises. It is the constant truthfulness, the continued dependability,… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“And "sharing the work of survival," therefore, means resisting every temptation towards independence, towards personal liberty, towards "doing your own thing". This takes s sober vigilance and a persistent labour in a world which elevates the individual above the community, in a society which claims that individual desires are more important than contracts, commitments, and the good of the family” — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share
“For what was your gesture? An act of pure love for Jesus particularly. It was an act so completely focused upon the Christ that not a dram of worldly benefit was gained thereby. Nothing could justify the spillage of some three hundred days' wages, except love alone. [...] The disciples, in fact, were offended by an act that produced nothing,… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share
