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
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 …
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…
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.
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…
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 …
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 …
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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