Wholeness does not mean perfection: it means embracing brokenness as an integral part of life. Knowing this gives me hope that human wholeness - mine, yours, ours - need not be a utopian dream, if we can use devastation as a seedbed for new life
Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you. - Parker J. Palmer
Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you.
- Parker J. Palmer
Our deepest calling is to grow into our own authentic self-hood, whether or not it conforms to some image of who we ought to be. As we do so, we will… - Parker J. Palmer
Our deepest calling is to grow into our own authentic self-hood, whether or not it conforms to some image of who we ought to be. As we do so, we will…
Self-care is never a selfish act - it is only good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others. - Parker J. Palmer
Self-care is never a selfish act - it is only good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others.
The deeper our faith, the more doubt we must endure; the deeper our hope, the more prone we are to despair; the deeper our love, the more pain its lo… - Parker J. Palmer
The deeper our faith, the more doubt we must endure; the deeper our hope, the more prone we are to despair; the deeper our love, the more pain its lo…
The human soul doesn't want to be fixed, it simply wants to be seen and heard. The soul is like a wild animal - tough, resilient and shy. When we go … - Parker J. Palmer
The human soul doesn't want to be fixed, it simply wants to be seen and heard. The soul is like a wild animal - tough, resilient and shy. When we go …
One of the hardest things we must do sometimes is to be present to another person's pain without trying to "fix" it, to simply stand respectfully at … - Parker J. Palmer
One of the hardest things we must do sometimes is to be present to another person's pain without trying to "fix" it, to simply stand respectfully at …
Teaching, like any truly human activity, emerges from one's inwardness, for better or worse. As I teach I project the condition of my soul onto my st… - Parker J. Palmer
Teaching, like any truly human activity, emerges from one's inwardness, for better or worse. As I teach I project the condition of my soul onto my st…
I am very, very uneasy with churches that have basically said, "Well, since that's what people want and that's what sells, then were going to do our … - Parker J. Palmer
I am very, very uneasy with churches that have basically said, "Well, since that's what people want and that's what sells, then were going to do our …
We are here not only to transform the world but also to be transformed. - Parker J. Palmer
We are here not only to transform the world but also to be transformed.
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