“The focal point of the day is the dinner table, a foretaste of the heavenly banquet. … The shared evening meal is the time for gathering together, the time when meaning is made clear—the value and validity of our lives. There have been times of trouble when the dinner table has been the only affirmation available.”
Madeleine L’Engle
Late author of more than 40 books, including the Newberry Award-winning children’s classic, A Wrinkle in Time (Glimpses of Grace)
“He’s responsible for tarnishing the image of Islam in this country. He’s responsible for tarnishing the image of Muslims. We’re happy to see the man who caused so much pain for Muslims in this country is gone … finally.”
Hassan al-Qazwini
An imam, speaking to worshippers at the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Mich., about the death of Osama bin Laden (AP/RNS)
“To lend each other a hand when we’re falling. Perhaps that’s the only work that matters in the end.”
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Frederick Buechner
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