“The truth of a story isn’t contingent on its being a factual account of actual events,” I said. “Think about Jesus’ parables. Is there anything more true than them?” — Michael Lister Copy Share Image
“You’ve been talking about me in therapy?”“In therapy, in my sleep, in AA, in chat rooms, to strangers,” I said. “Women like you are… — Michael Lister Copy Share Image
“What is truth?” I said. “Is it the shallow assurance that something literally took place, or is it about something far deeper, something that… — Michael Lister Copy Share Image
“As I walked down the extremely narrow hall of my not-so-mobile home, passing over the pale yellow linoleum curling up so that it no… — Michael Lister Copy Share Image
“When I moved back home to northwest Florida after being a cop and a cleric in Atlanta, I never would’ve imagined I’d become a… — Michael Lister Copy Share Image
“What else?”“I don’t know,” she said, frustration eating at the edge of her words. “Do you want me to say that I woke up… — Michael Lister Copy Share Image
“ventually Kathryn joined me by the lake with a blanket and picnic basket and entreated me to come away with her into the woods.… — Michael Lister Copy Share Image
“Wildlife photographer, photojournalist, war correspondent, paparazzi, even portraitist, but life laughs at the plans we make, and the dreams and ambitions of youth quickly… — Michael Lister Copy Share Image
“All the talent in the world can’t make up for attitude,” he said. “But attitude go a long way in making up for talent.” — Michael Lister Copy Share Image
“It was the wound that caused this scar, and the blood it shed, that had saved my life, and had given me the opportunity… — Michael Lister Copy Share Image
“We seemed to be heading toward a revolution that would not only see a battle between the haves and have-nots, but between the fundamentalists… — Michael Lister Copy Share Image
“and the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of ourselves and the world are all-powerful.” — Michael Lister Copy Share Image
“Ironically, those with the least to say usually say the most and the most outwardly religious were often the most theologically unsophisticated.” — Michael Lister Copy Share Image
“The great irony for a man in my position is how little use I have for organized religion. I am essentially a member of… — Michael Lister Copy Share Image
“He had been exposed to the new wine of unfamiliar concepts and the old wineskin of tradition and rigid religion was unable to hold… — Michael Lister Copy Share Image
