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Summary
Summary
Throughout his years as Mitford's beloved Episcopal priest, Father Tim Kavanagh has been reading and also pondering two crucial questions: How can he guide and encourage his flock? How can he deepen and encourage his won spirit? The result is a wonderful collection of his favorite quotes from thinkers, theologians, poets, and philosophers -- from Mark Twain and C. S. Lewis to St. Paul and Wordsworth.
Patches of Godlight is a stunning two-color facsimile of Father Tim's own leather-bound notebook with his name gold stamped on the cover. Every quote is in his own handwriting, and scattered throughout the margins are his scribbled notes and doodles, even the occasional ink blot or coffee stain. Just as it has for Father Tim, this handsome, "must-have" quote book will provide wisdom and inspiration for millions of Mitford fans.
Author Notes
Jan Karon was born in North Carolina in 1937. After a career in advertising, she began writing a column in the Blowing Rocket. The column, about life in the small North Carolina town of Mitford, centered around an Episcopalian minister named Father Tim. Her Father Tim stories were collected into a book and published by a Christian publisher. She is the author of A Mitford Novel series and two children's books entitled Miss Fannie's Hat and Jeremy: The Tale of an Honest Bunny. She has won numerous awards for her work including the Christy Award for A New Song and the Gold Medallion Award for A New Song, A Common Life, In This Mountain, and Shepards Abiding.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Excerpts
Excerpts
Selected Quotes from Patches of Godlight None can love freedom heartily but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. --Milton Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee . . . --Isaiah 26:3 God does not give us overcoming life; He gives us life so we overcome. The strain is the strength. Are you asking God to give you life and liberty and joy? He cannot, unless you will accept the strain. Immediately you face the strain, you will get the strength. --Oswald Chambers, "My Utmost for His Highest" As is our confidence, so is our capacity. --William Hazlitt Civilization and violence are antithetical concepts. --Martin Luther King, Jr. What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. --Ralph Waldo Emerson The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. --Edmund Burke I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. --Philippians 4:13 One man with courage makes a majority. --Andrew Jackson The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion. --Solomon For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. --St. Paul Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength. Industry and determination can do anything that genius and advantage can do and many things that they cannot. --Theodore Roosevelt Excerpted from Patches of Godlight Father Tim's Favorite Quotes by Jan Karon All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.
