Chapter 2 A Beginner’s Dream
1. Glennon Melton, Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed (New York: Scribner, 2013), 7.
Chapter 4 Epiphanies
1. Emmanuel Cardinal Suhard, quoted in Madeleine L’Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art (Colorado Springs: Shaw, 2001), 26.
Chapter 6 A Bad Year
1. Judith Viorst, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (New York: Atheneum, 1987), 7.
Chapter 9 Ants and Other Holy Thoughts
1. Dr. Jackie Roese and Steve Roese were our pastors, friends, therapists, and the driving force behind our family-dinner get-togethers during the season that the stories in this book were lived out. Steve and Jackie left an indelible mark on our faith and family; they brought us to Jesus time and time again. This book would not exist, in this form, had it not been for their tireless love, friendship, and commitment to the gritty, uncomfortable, gloriously redemptive story of Jesus that they offered so freely around their kitchen table. They continue to boldly, beautifully shape the world around them through their individual ministries, The Marcella Project and Water is Basic: http://marcellaproject.com; www.waterisbasic.org.
Chapter 11 Aisle 7 and the Evil Spaghetti
1. Jesus grieves the death of John the Baptist in Matthew 14:13–36.
Chapter 12 Dead Goldfish and a Holy Summons
1. Walter Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003), 258.
2. “Goodbye Mr. Fish,” The Cosby Show, directed by Jay Sandrich, aired September 27, 1984.
Chapter 13 Poor Rich Man
1. Mark 10 NASB.
2. The story of Elijah and the widow of Zarephath can be found in 1 Kings 17:7–16.
Chapter 15 The Guide
1. Isaiah 45:3 NRSV.
Chapter 16 Lost Girl
1. Robert Benson, The Echo Within: Finding Your True Calling (Colorado Springs, CO: WaterBrook, 2009), 57.
2. Ecclesiastes 3:1, 6 NLT.
3. Wendell Berry, Standing By Words: Essays (Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 2011), 205.
Chapter 17 The Art of Listening
1. Margaret Feinberg, Wonderstruck: Awaken to the Nearness of God (Brentwood, TN: Worthy, 2012), 26–27.
2. Richard Foster, Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home (New York: HarperCollins, 1992), 11.
Chapter 18 Joshua Tree
1. Jesus promised the Great Comforter in John 14:16 and 16:1–7.
2. Henri Nouwen, The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming (New York: Image, 1994), 40.
3. Job 33:14–15, paraphrased.
4. Isaiah 43:18–21.
Chapter 19 Beauty in the Desert
1. Jonathan Martin, Prototype: What Happens When You Discover You’re More Like Jesus Than You Think? (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale Momentum, 2013), 26.
2. Psalm 23, paraphrased.
3. Nouwen, Return of the Prodigal Son, 35.
4. Martin, Prototype, 50.
Chapter 20 Losing My Humanity
1. Mark Buchanan, The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring Sabbath (Nashville: W Publishing Group, 2006), 84.
2. Psalm 139:9–10 VOICE.
3. Sue Monk Kidd, When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life’s Sacred Questions (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990), 88.
Chapter 21 The River
1. Richard Foster, quoted in James Bryan Smith, Embracing the Love of God: The Path and Promise of Christian Life (New York: HarperCollins, 1995), xiv.
2. Shauna Niequist, Bread & Wine: A Love Letter to Life around the Table with Recipes (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013), 59.
Chapter 22 Not Real Babies
1. See 1 Samuel 3:2–9.
Chapter 23 The Spiritual Director Doctor
1. My time with Dr. Troy Caldwell was short in days but long in impact. Troy has written profoundly about the human soul and spiritual direction in his book Adventures in Soulmaking: Discovering the Kingdom Within. His website is a well-stocked treasury for those seeking further guidance in the way of contemplation and spiritual direction (www.troycaldwell.com).
Chapter 24 Fat Feet and Waiting Games
1. Kidd, When the Heart Waits, 14.
2. Quote attributed to A.W. Tozer, source unknown.
Chapter 25 Growing Something New
1. Frederick Schmidt, What God Wants for Your Life: Finding Answers to the Deepest Questions (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2005), 200.
Chapter 26 Overrated
1. Psalm 23:4.
2. Jennie Allen, Anything: The Prayer That Unlocked My God and My Soul (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2011), 183.
3. Barbara Robinson, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (New York: Harper Trophy, 2005), 67.
Chapter 27 Bright, Shiny New Things
1. See Deuteronomy 30:19.
2. Kidd, When the Heart Waits, 177.
Chapter 29 Shovels, Prison, and Other Heavenly Things
1. Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love, thirteenth revelation, chap. XXVII, www.ccel.org/julian/revelations.html.
2. L’Engle, Walking on Water, 14.
3. John 3:7–12 NLT.
Chapter 30 Saying Yes
1. Deuteronomy 30:11–15, 19.
2. Buchanan, The Rest of God, 101.
3. Annie Dillard, The Annie Dillard Reader (New York: HarperCollins, 1995), 334.
4. Paraphrase of Matthew 11:28.
5. Buchanan, The Rest of God, 209–10.