A Way with Words Quotes

“Twenty percent of Americans don’t think people of the other political party are fully human. In some ways this is horrifying, but in another way it’s clarifying. That’s actually what we are doing when we reduce our digital neighbors to caricatures online. That’s what we are doing when we post mean things and hateful memes on the internet about our most despised politicians.”
― Daniel Darling, A Way with Words: Using Our Online Conversations for Good

“Prayer frees us from FOMO, the busybody life. It is liberating when we realize that the burden of all-knowing is one we were never meant to bear, one we can resist and let go as we rest in the joy of knowing God and being known by him.8 The serpent’s lie doesn’t lead us toward joy but toward a restless life of wanting, but never finding, control. God, in Christ, offers us a deep rest. We don’t have to worry about missing a conversation or a conflict. We can lay down the futile attempt to be the most informed person in the room. Because the quick thrill of being in the know is a cheap substitute for the peace of knowing the One who created us and rescues us from our fruitless pursuits and is leading us toward a place where our longings to know and be known will be fully realized.”
― Daniel Darling, A Way with Words: Using Our Online Conversations for Good