Karen Kay

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Karen Kay is currently reading

The Future Saints

by Ashley Winstead (Goodreads Author)

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Karen’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe

The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe by Richard Rohr

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instead of condoning his sin, which is in reality his utmost sorrow, one must comfort Christ who is suffering in him.

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Karen’s Quotes

“On one hand, you couldn’t count on anything; on the other, on any given day, change was vanishingly unlikely.”
― Garth Risk Hallberg, City on Fire

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“Who among us—if it means letting go of the insanity, the mystery, the totally useless beauty of the million once-possible New Yorks—is ready even now to give up hope? BOOK”
― Garth Risk Hallberg, City on Fire

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“Thatcher thought Mary was not invisible, but as free as any woman could be. And in the grip of fresh discoveries, always.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered

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“The truth is not in the touch of a stone, but in what the stone tells you.”
― Rene Denfeld, The Enchanted

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“Unsheltered, I live in daylight. And like the wandering bird I rest in thee.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered

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