The Shack

Just don’t look for rules and principles; look for relationship

cut him a little slack

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets.

—Paul Tournier

basis for judging

the intentions that I have for them; not by what they seem to be, but by everything it means to be created in my image.”

Remember this, humans are not defined by their limitations, but by

and fizz. Lots of anger and, I must say, with

terms and time. Well, come on in. Can I take your

I don’t want to be first among a list of values; I want to be at the center of everything. When I live in you, then together we can live through everything that happens to you. Rather than a pyramid, I want to be the center of a mobile, where everything in your life—your friends, family, occupation, thoughts, activities-is connected to me but moves with the wind, in and out and back and forth, in an incredible dance of being.”

if you didn’t have expectations and responsibilities, wouldn’t everything just fall apart?”
“Only if you are of the world, apart from me and under the law