"If the biggest story we can imagine is about God‘s loving and redemptive work in the world, then our lives will be shaped by that epic."

Finally starting this book from my bishop's library. It is a little hard to follow and pretty gross, but it is teaching me about a place and time and culture that I did not know.

Just got this from the library. I can't count how many people have recommended it to me.

"It's hard to say goodbye and almost impossible to accomplish this alone and ritual is the railing we hold to, all of us together, that keeps us upright and connected until the worst is past." #grief

I'm not liking this Oprah pick, but I've got my pick ready to read next. I just don't like some of the decisions the author made with the storyline. Reminds me of Sula which I also didn't like.

"My father used to quote the Greek playwright Aeschylus, 'He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain, which cannot forget, falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God." - this is from the prologue. I believe it is a reference to Romans 5:3-5 that I have sitting on my desk. I think I'm going to like this book.