On the concept of unity- “Thatʼs right-Jesusʼ most pressing concern before leaving the earth was our unity. He was looking ahead, to every generation of believer. And as he prayed, he made it clear that our witness as his body in this fractured , messed-up, chaotic world would depend on our love for another.
Ed Galisewski
Related This Stone He went looking for a road that doesn't lead to death. He went looki... URSULA K. LE GUIN On Love" For even as love crowns you, so shall he crucify you. Even as he is... KAHIIL GIBRAN THERE was a man in our town, and he was wondrous rich; He gave away his millions to the colleges... FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the puni... ANONYMOUS The Chorus Line: The Birth of Telemachus, An Idyll Nine months he sailed the wine-red sea... MARGARET ATWOOD Buckley followed the three of them into the kitchen and asked, as he had at least once a day, “Whe... ALICE SEBOLD Jason knew his life would never be the same again. British intelligence now had an ace up their slee... MARK A. COOPER He started to dance. And all at once, because Cole was dancing, I was dancing. And this Cole was eve... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Get inside before I spank you in public." There it was again, another of his maddening t... SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS Akinli, this strange boy whose life at the moment seemed to be hanging on this, pushed himself from ... KIERA CASS I love you.” I stared stupidly at him. Was he joking again, reciting another line from ... JENNIFER ECHOLS Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines he wrote a poem And he called it "Chops"... STEPHEN CHBOSKY There was a very cautious man Who never laughed or played He never risked, he never tried,... JOHN C. MAXWELL I pull on his fingers softly, tired of this talk. “I have something to tell you…” H... STEPHANIE LIACI Hunter woke suddenly. A noise. It was a noise unlike anything he’d ever heard before. Close! ... MICHAEL GRANT Since the day he was born, he'd been defying the odds. Today was not the day to stop that trend. Unl... SHERRILYN KENYON He was going to burn them. He was going to burn them alive. He could do it. He would do it... ELISE KOVA She made a sound of regret. ‘We come second, you and I, Luc-ien,’ she said. ‘Our allegiance is... MELINA MARCHETTA And you're not leaving," she said. "Promise me." It was as if she had asked him to promis... SHARON SHINN Had he and I but met By some old ancient inn, We should have sat us down to wet Right many ... THOMAS HARDY It was the impatience of the way he tore my panties from my body, that really turned me on: I was al... FIONA THRUST He came up and kissed me on my forehead, and before he stepped away, I closed my eyes and tried hard... JENNY HAN He watched with his predator eyes. The hunger in them unmasked. He was addicted. H... V. THEIA Gus is the Cat at the Theatre Door. His name, as I ought to have told you before, Is reall... T.S. ELIOT Through all this world strode Vishnu: thrice his foot he planted, and the whole world was ... VEDA It was him against the flames and he revelled in it. Logan was good at his job. Exceptionally g... AMY ANDREWS Somebody said that it couldn't be done, But he with a chuckle replied That maybe it couldn't,... EDGAR A. GUEST Casually, out of the view of Ronan, making sure Adam was still sleeping, Gansey dangled his hand bet... MAGGIE STIEFVATER And I remember when I met him, it was so clear that he was the only one for me. We both knew it, rig... LANA DEL REY In one horrible moment the last piece of the prophecy became clear. So bid him take care,... SUZANNE COLLINS And when Jace was ten years old, Valentine killed him. Michael, I mean." "That sounds like... CASSANDRA CLARE I heard of a man who says words so beautifully that if he only speaks their name wome... LEONARD COHEN I breathe in... the fragrance of love, and moist sand the one his roses left SANOBER KHAN Will rose slowly to his feet. He could not believe he was doing what he was doing, but it was clear ... CASSANDRA CLARE To love one another as He loves us, is the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. For it is love that ki... TED ROBERTS The Master made it his task to destroy systematically every doctrine, every belief, every conce... ANTHONY DE MELLO You're not moving your body the correct way, Here, just let me show you." Though it was the old... SARAH J. MAAS He who leads Must then be strong and hopeful as the dawn That rises unafraid and full of joy<... ELLA WHEELER WILCOX I was certain I told you the king was coming.” She planted her hands on her hips. “Yo... JILL BARNETT He was a strong and noble lord with piercing eyes of grey. He sat upon his noble throne shinin... LAUREL A. ROCKEFELLER Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York, And all the cl... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Since the day he was born, he'd been defying the odds. Today was not the day to stop that trend. Unl... SHERRILYN KENYON Yes. Kissing. Overrated." "I could change your mind," Zach said, surprising the hell out ... TRACY SUMNER His gut was stitched up good and tight, but that didn’t prevent it from flopping. He wiped his dam... SANDRA BROWN For five years I didn't think it was possible to be this happy. But then he forgot all those pr... TERRY MCMILLAN Love was worth sacrificing for, he thought as he left his room. Even if it wasn't yours. ... J.R. WARD The man, most man, Works best for men, and, if most men indeed, He gets his manhood plainest f... ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit... LOREN EISELEY Across the Reich, the Gestapo recorded increased the activity of anti-state elements. It’s ki... ANTON SCHULZ He is refining us. He is teaching us to trust him. He is drawing us away from our strength to his. H... JIM CYMBALA I look up, and he’s searching my eyes, just like he did after kissing me for the first time in the... BETH REVIS What was on the other side?" Donna said, "He said there was another world on the other side. He... PHILIP K. DICK Nico, you can do this," Jason said. "It might be embarrassing, but it's for the scepter." RICK RIORDAN Stop fighting me!" he said, trying to pull on the arm he held. He was in a precarious pos... RICHELLE MEAD But now she could not bear the way she sounded. She was not a person anyone could love. .... PETER CAREY Of course." He picked up the brown bag of candy on the table. "What's your . . ." He trailed off as ... SARAH J. MAAS This fellow is wise enough to play the fool; And to do that well craves a kind of wit: He ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE They made a major mistake," he blurted out, "the dumb bastards, when they didn't start by killing yo... RICK YANCEY He thought proudly that many people in his position could not have adjusted, would have gone mad. THOMAS M DISCH Late Hours" On summer nights the world moves within earshot on the interstate w... LISEL MUELLER Our Body function in unity,to get things done.The body of the world, should learn from our body. PETER IRABOR Sam woke to a feeling of utter, profound, incredible relief. He closed his eyes as soon as he o... MICHAEL GRANT I drew him in my world; I write him in my lines, I want to be his girl, he was never ... LANG LEAV A man -- I let the truth out -- Who's had almost every tooth out, Cannot sing as once he san... WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY Help your father As he ages And loses his strength For it was he who sheltered you RASSOOL JIBRAEEL SNYMAN We are both preachers. He preached the teaching of Jesus Christ, and I preached my philosophy. ... KHALIL AL-SAKAKINI Maybe that would be a good thing to do. He wasn't entirely sure, and that bothered him m... EMILY VEINGLORY I want to back up to this whole caring about me thing,” he said, surprising me as he made his way ... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT The little boy was looking for his voice. (The king of the crickets had it.) In a drop of ... FEDERICO GARCíA LORCA Naive people tend to generalize people as—-good, bad, kind, or evil based on their actions. Howeve... SHANNON L. ALDER Is the mask magic?" he demanded with sudden, passionate interest. "Yes." I bowed my head, so th... SUSAN KAY Son of Heav'n and Earth, Attend: That thou art happy, owe to God, That thou continu'st suc... JOHN MILTON A great nation is like a great man: When he makes a mistake, he realizes it. Having realiz... LAO TZU soulsThat we might break these molds And free our restless souls Start to believe Tha... DAVID GRAY As soon as we are born we hide God in ourselves. We then spend our lives looking for Him<... KAMAND KOJOURI I asked Raghav, as we were looking over the wasteland, if the Muslims they burnt would beg for their... SUKETU MEHTA A precious mouldering pleasure 't is To meet an antique book, In just the dress his centur... EMILY DICKINSON Die in winter woods," roared Tarin, as if it were his most fervent wish. He was losing it again... SYD MCGINLEY I will go,” he said. “I will go to Troy.” The rosy gleam of his lip, the fevered green of... MADELINE MILLER He trapped my hand against his chest and yanked my sleeve down past my wrist, covering my hand with ... BECCA FITZPATRICK Hey Kate, you coming to our show Friday night?" He leaned in close and touched my shoulder. "The guy... RACHAEL WADE Alan Campbell opened one eye. From somewhere in remote distances, muffled beyond sight or... JOHN DICKSON CARR Yes Yes when God created love he didn't help most when God created dogs He didn't h... CHARLES BUKOWSKI I've been waiting for you all night and day,' she said. Froi shivered. He realised that the wor... MELINA MARCHETTA He stopped the flyers And by his rare example made the coward Turn terror into sport. As w... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE But in seven weeks it was done, the frontiers decided. A continent for better or worse divided. W. H. AUDEN His mind was freshly inclined to sorrow; toward the fact that the world was full of sorrow; that all... GEORGE SAUNDERS He couldn’t look back at the children. He couldn’t think of it. All he could do was watch the ey... RACHEL A. MARKS It was not very long afterwards that Michael woke up one morning with a curious feeling inside him. ... P.L. TRAVERS A wicked grin crinkled one corner of his mouth as he secured another sticky note on the door before ... DARYNDA JONES Takamasa Saegusa: 'Seigen, a mere member of the Toudouza, had the effrontery to sully the sacred due... TAKAYUKI YAMAGUCHI I love you, he thought, looking at Win. I love every part of you, every thought and word... the enti... LISA KLEYPAS He had to feel those lips on him again. Had. To. This wasn’t a mild expression of preference. This... TESSA DARE He’s not that smart.” “She’s right,” Augustus says. “It’s just that most re... JOHN GREEN My heart goes out to Nick, ... He was looking forward to starting practice with us in October, ... JEFF BZDELIK He was just about to move when he felt her kiss his shoulder and his chest. She was curled up agains... SAMANTHA CHASE In the beginning, God created the earth, and he looked upon it in His cosmic loneliness. ... KURT VONNEGUT JR. Omnipotent-benevolent simply means that God is all-powerful and well-meaning.' 'I understand th... DAN BROWN I have the reports from Gemson and Boyd,” Syn replied. His boots were up on the corner of his desk... A.E. VIA She was no longer theirs. She was his. And he was hers. And this w... MICHAEL GRANT
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