Not Enough Darkness

"There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle."

- Robert Alden

Called To Walk In The Light

“From the moment we take our first gasp of air until we breathe our last, God is calling us to walk in the light of his Word.  Whatever ‘tomb’ might feel like security to you is really a deathtrap.  Morning has broken.  The stone has been rolled away.”

- In Mad Mary: A Bad Girl from Magdala, Liz Curtis Higgs (via Sarah Salter from her post, The Little Black Dress

The Aim Of All Writing

"Truth. In the end, that is the aim of all writing. We tell our stories so that we may come to some morsel of truth in the end, however uplifting or sad that truth may be. We write to give meaning to our lives and the circumstances within them. It is a holy act, a means by which we elevate ourselves above chance and fate...

Putting pen to paper is unlocking the door to a very dark room to which you intend to bring light. It matters not if that illumination comes from a lantern or a candle or a flashlight. All that matters is that, for even the briefest of moments, a bit of the darkness is chased away."

- An excerpt from Shining A Light by Billy Coffey on his blog What I Learned Today

Spreading Light

"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."

- Edith Wharton