Jan Karon

“He liked being in a place where everything from forgetfulness to homicide might be blamed on the heat.”

— Jan Karon

In World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After 'Nam, it was post-traumatic…

— Jan Karon

“Moses dialogues with God, hammers down, gets into relationship with the Almighty: . . . Oh! Teach us to live well! Teach us to…

— Jan Karon

“When things worked, they were theirs; when they failed, they were his.”

— Jan Karon

“. . . whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely . . . think…

— Jan Karon

There may be circumstances in this life that God uses to keep bringing us back to Him, looking for His grace.

— Jan Karon

“When we receive the bread and blood, we, also, are touching God...I know you recognize that wonderous fact, dear brother, but sometimes…

— Jan Karon

Love is an endless act of forgiveness.

— Jan Karon

“I like being around the house with you,’ he said. ‘I like to be where you are.”

— Jan Karon

“I like what E. B. White said: ‘A really companionable and indispensable dog is an accident of nature. You can’t get it…

— Jan Karon

“He was praying the Psalms, as he'd done in times past, with the enemies of King David translated into his own enemies…

— Jan Karon

I believe that's when God first started speaking to my heart--the very day I started speaking to His!

— Jan Karon

“The sin life in us must be transformed into the spiritual life.” “How?” “Through sacrifice and obedience.”

— Jan Karon

There was a lot of brokenness in my family. Let's just say that I was raised by my grandparents.

— Jan Karon

Cynthia came in quietly and set a cup of tea before him. He kissed her hand, inexpressibly grateful, and she went back…

— Jan Karon

“In the end, his mother’s memory could not be shamed by a gift from God. Don’t worry about me, she would say,…

— Jan Karon

And it can be a way of healing.

— Jan Karon

I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk.

— Jan Karon

“God was in love with him, that he made us for himself.”

— Jan Karon

“Yet in all this, she was to trust God—and more than that, yes, truly more than that, she was to thank him.”

— Jan Karon

“Their counselor had taught them to pray before big talks, to be sensitive to timing.”

— Jan Karon

Let's just say that I was raised by my grandparents.

— Jan Karon

So many people don't know that God loves them. They feel, 'Why would God love me? Why would He be interested in…

— Jan Karon

“Listening is among the most generous ways to give.”

— Jan Karon

“All that I have seen,” Mr. Emerson said and I say with him, “teaches me to trust the Creator for all that…

— Jan Karon