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“ True hospitality is marked by an open response to the dignity of each and every person. Henri Nouwen has described it as receiving the stranger on his own terms, and asserts that it can be offered only by those who 'have found the center of their lives in their own hearts'. ”

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The Christian religion asks us to put our trust not in ideas, and certainly not in ideologies, but in a God Who was vulnerable enough to become human and die, and Who desires to be present to us in our ordinary circumstances.

~ Kathleen Norris

Kathleen Norris Christianity Wisdom

This is a God who is not identified with the help of a dictionary but through a relationship.

~ Kathleen Norris

Kathleen Norris Faith

I was taught that I had to 'master' subjects. But who can 'master' beauty, or peace, or joy?

~ Kathleen Norris

Kathleen Norris Education Ineffable

Laundry, liturgy and women's work all serve to ground us in the world, and they need not grind us down. Our daily tasks, whether we perceive them as drudgery or essential, life-supporting work, do not define who we are as women or as human beings.

~ Kathleen Norris

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