14 Quotes by Christie Purifoy

When something breaks down or does not go as planned, we are given a glimpse of our great need.

We speak frequently of our fear of the unknown, but it is our known fears that often make us stumble.

During Advent, we prepare room in a new day for an old story. Through our attentive waiting, we participate in the story of the season and make it new again. And we are made new by it. We emerge at the other end of Advent’s tunnel, and we are not as we were when our journey began.

I want to observe the ordinary things of earth – the moon, the stars, the rainbows, even the yellow leaves of the old cherry trees – and receive their messages. To hear them say what every weary traveler, every earnest seeker, longs to hear. Welcome home.

If I want to abide in this day, to make my home in it, I must only tear my eyes from tomorrow and look around. For there is a wholeness to this day that I do not want to miss.