When you eat, I want you to think of God, of the holiness of hands that feed us, of the provision we are given every time we eat. When you eat bread and you drink wine, I want you to think about the body and the blood every time, not just when the bread and wine show up in church, but when they show up anywhere- on a picnic table or a hardwood floor or a beach.
Shauna NiequistSometimes the happiest ending isn't the one you keep longing for, but something you absolutely cannot see from where you are
Shauna NiequistWhen we do the hard, intimate work of friendship, we bring a little more of the divine into daily life.
Shauna NiequistBut our hearts are more elastic than we think, and the work of forgiveness and transformation and growth can do things you can't even imagine from where you're standing now.
Shauna Niequist