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Mrs. May winced. She thought the word Jesus should be kept inside the church building like other words inside the bedroom.
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― Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
― Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
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To have faith requires courage, the ability to take a risk, the readiness even to accept pain and disappointment. Whoever insists on safety and security as primary conditions of life cannot have faith; whoever shuts himself off in a system of defense, where distance and possession are his means of security, makes himself a prisoner. To be loved, and to love, need courage, the courage to judge certain values as of ultimate concern—and to take the jump and to stake everything on these values.
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― The Art of Loving
― The Art of Loving
