To be poor does not mean you lack the means to extend charity to another. You may lack … - Stanley Hauerwas

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To be poor does not mean you lack the means to extend charity to another. You may lack money or food, but you have the gift of friendship to overwhelm the loneliness that grips the lives of so many.

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We complain of the increased tempo of our lives, but our frenetic lives are just reflection of the economic system that we have created.

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Christians know that Christianity is simply extended training in dying early. That is what we have always been about.

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I simply cannot get over what a surprising and wonderful life God has given me.

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