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“There is a saying that to understand is to forgive, but that is an error, so Papa used to say. You must forgive in order to understand. Until you forgive, you defend yourself against the possibility of understanding… if you forgive, he would say, you may indeed still not understand, but you will be ready to understand, and that is the posture of grace.”

“People didn’t have to provide for themselves the way they once did. It was a loss- there was nothing like chicken droppings to make flowers thrive.”

“… All bread is the bread of heaven, her father used to say. It expresses the will of God to sustain us in this flesh, in this life. Weary or bitter or bewildered as we may be, God is faithful. He lets us wander so we will know what it means to come home.” (p. 102)