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Prayer is talking to something or anything with which we seek union, even if we are bitter or insane or broken. (In fact, these are probably the best possible conditions under which to pray.) Prayer is taking a chance that against all odds and past history, we are loved and chosen, and do not have to get it together before we show up.

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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I'm very successful, but there are 50,000 general interest books published every year. If you don't want to read mine, there are others.
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No one can appropriate God, goodness, the Bible or Jesus. It just seems that way.
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I think Jesus is divine love manifest on Earth, as it comes through the community of Christians.
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One line of dialogue that rings true reveals character in a way that pages of description can't.
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We all have the dark, ignorant shadow inside us. I have worked endlessly to reveal it and heal it in me, but of course there's some primitive weird stuff in me. The Tea Party is about exhorting white supremacy, though, so I've had a tiny bit of trouble experiencing sympathy.
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