Vintage Saints and Sinners Quotes

“I don't read about the saints in order to imitate them. I read about the saints because they show me something about myself.”
― Karen Wright Marsh, Vintage Saints and Sinners: 25 Christians Who Transformed My Faith

“When I slow down long enough to commit myself to authentic community? Is there anyone or anything out there to pull me from my private orbit? And if I do join myself to new brothers and sisters, what will I freely give up for them?”
― Karen Wright Marsh, Vintage Saints and Sinners: 25 Christians Who Transformed My Faith

“The fact is, we need to be trained toward intentional habits that create space for God and for one another. When we're left free to indulge all of our personal preferences and quirky additions, we are bound to suffer.”
― Karen Wright Marsh, Vintage Saints and Sinners: 25 Christians Who Transformed My Faith

“Which saint is God offering you, to help illumine and burnish your particular gifts, and to help illumine and heal your particular damages?”
― Karen Wright Marsh, Vintage Saints and Sinners: 25 Christians Who Transformed My Faith

“The saints provoke me, disturb me, confuse me--and they sure don't allow me to sit off to the side, safe as a spectator or a cheerleader. They summon me to choose and to act.”
― Karen Wright Marsh, Vintage Saints and Sinners: 25 Christians Who Transformed My Faith