Amanda Wilkes

“He had the heartening bulk of the aging athlete defeated by pastry”
― Leif Enger, Virgil Wander

“The evidence of my life lay before me, and I was unconvinced.”
― Leif Enger, Virgil Wander

“Contextualization is not — as is often argued — “giving people what they want to hear.”4 Rather, it is giving people the Bible’s answers, which they may not at all want to hear, to questions about life that people in their particular time and place are asking, in language and forms they can comprehend, and through appeals and arguments with force they can feel, even if they reject them.”
― Timothy Keller, Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City

“It’s possible to perceive what is coming and still be dumbfounded when it happens.”
― Leif Enger, Virgil Wander