Larger hope

"The small and even overpowering pains of our lives are intimately connected
with the greater pains of Christ.
Our daily sorrows are anchored in a greater sorrow, and therefore a larger hope."
~Henri Nouwen

C.S. Lewis

Amerongen

"I need Christ, not something that resembles Him."
~C.S. Lewis, A grief observed

We have nothing to lose

Kasteel Amerongen, Mei 2018

"The ragamuffin gospel says we can't lose, because we have nothing to lose."

~Brennan Manning

Marriage of the soul

"It is the marriage of the soul with nature that makes the intellect fruitful, 

and gives birth to imagination."

~Henry David Thoreau