“Fasting, in its most fundamental aspiration, is about developing a sacrificial, self-offering life that addresses and nurtures the needs of others.” — Norman Wirzba Copy Share Image
“work is ultimately to be about a finer attunement to the world as the place of God’s sustaining presence. With an awareness of God… — Norman Wirzba Copy Share
“The root of all sin is fear: the very deep fear that we are nothing; the compulsion, therefore, to make something of ourselves, to… — Norman Wirzba Copy Share
“If the experience of delight presupposes a sustained, patient, sympathetic, and affectionate embrace of the world, then the decline of delight will be preceded… — Norman Wirzba Copy Share
“Thanksgiving is the power that transforms desire and satisfaction, love and possession, into life, that fulfills everything in the world, given to us by… — Norman Wirzba Copy Share
“To meet and know God people must therefore begin with a deep commitment to serve life as they meet it because this is where… — Norman Wirzba Copy Share
“We were created as celebrants of the sacrament of life, of its transformation into life in God, communion with God … [R]eal life is… — Norman Wirzba Copy Share
“The evidence of the early church suggests that the community of followers ate together regularly and often, and that in their eating they tried… — Norman Wirzba Copy Share
“The inability to understand the spiritual roots of gluttony (as the inability to sacrifice) or to appreciate a culture’s role in fostering this anxious… — Norman Wirzba Copy Share
“Fasting, in its most fundamental aspiration, is about developing a sacrificial, self-offering life that addresses and nurtures the needs of others.” — Norman Wirzba Copy Share
“To “remember Jesus” in their eating was not simply to recall a past event. It was to call on Jesus and invite him to… — Norman Wirzba Copy Share
