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> [ “We are impatient, anxious to see the whole picture, but God lets us see things slowly, quietly. The Church \[has\] to learn how to wait. Pope Francis” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-christopher-smith/we-are-impatient-anxious-to-see-the-whole-picture-but-god-lets-us-see/)

[C. Christopher Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-christopher-smith/)

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## More by C. Christopher Smith

> [“In addition to the transience of their members, churches themselves face a crisis of hypermobility. Many churches have put down only shallow roots in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-christopher-smith/in-addition-to-the-transience-of-their-members-churches-themselves/)

[C. Christopher Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-christopher-smith/)

> [“As someone once said, we’re in the world but not of the world, so we can be for the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-christopher-smith/as-someone-once-said-we-re-in-the-world-but-not-of-the-world-so-we/)

[C. Christopher Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-christopher-smith/)

> [“the fuller story of the New Testament is that God’s people have been resurrected as the body of Christ. Just as Jesus is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-christopher-smith/the-fuller-story-of-the-new-testament-is-that-god-s-people-have-been/)

[C. Christopher Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-christopher-smith/)

> [ “We are impatient, anxious to see the whole picture, but God lets us see things slowly, quietly. The Church \[has\] to learn how to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-christopher-smith/we-are-impatient-anxious-to-see-the-whole-picture-but-god-lets-us-see/)

[C. Christopher Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-christopher-smith/)

> [“You can’t franchise the kingdom of God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-christopher-smith/you-can-t-franchise-the-kingdom-of-god/)

[C. Christopher Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-christopher-smith/)

> [“To live within limits. To want one thing. Or a few things very much and love them dearly.Cling to them, survey them from every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-christopher-smith/to-live-within-limits-to-want-one-thing-or-a-few-things-very-much-and-2/)

[C. Christopher Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-christopher-smith/)

> [“Open-handed generosity and caring for the poor and marginalized as if we were caring for Jesus himself are extensions of our worship.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-christopher-smith/open-handed-generosity-and-caring-for-the-poor-and-marginalized-as-if/)

[C. Christopher Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-christopher-smith/)

> [“In Western culture, we are also profoundly shaped by the ethics of individualism. We learn early on to follow our own stories wherever they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-christopher-smith/in-western-culture-we-are-also-profoundly-shaped-by-the-ethics-of/)

[C. Christopher Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-christopher-smith/)

> [“We can start work we won’t see the end of. “Plant sequoias,” urges Wendell Berry:      Put your faith in the two inches of humus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-christopher-smith/we-can-start-work-we-won-t-see-the-end-of-plant-sequoias-urges/)

[C. Christopher Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-christopher-smith/)

> [ “\[Our minds\] were given to us for another purpose: to raise to awareness the communal reality of nature, to overcome separateness and alienation by… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-christopher-smith/our-minds-were-given-to-us-for-another-purpose-to-raise-to-awareness/)

[C. Christopher Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-christopher-smith/)

> [“But lost in that sea of (valid) criticism is the perhaps subtler critique that in an age of consumerism, economic imperialism and what Martin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-christopher-smith/but-lost-in-that-sea-of-valid-criticism-is-the-perhaps-subtler/)

[C. Christopher Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-christopher-smith/)

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