Madeleine L'Engle Rest in Peace

I just read with sadness that Madeline L'Engle died. Not only was she an award-winning writer of children's books like A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels, she also was a great writer of fiction for adults. She was a strong woman of faith who spoke and wrote eloquently about the Christian faith and prayer. Her bibliography demonstrates a life spent in passionate pursuit of writing as vocation.

Here are a few quotes from her that I keep around for inspiration.

"To grow up is to accept vulnerability" ( I don't know the source.)

"If our usual response to an annoying situation is a curse, we're likely to meet emergencies with a curse. In the little events of daily living we have the opportunity to condition our reflexes, which are built up out of ordinary things." (from The Irrational Season)

And here's another one by L'Engle that Beth K., a First Christian member, sent me recently

"When we forget the obvious, the little joys, the meals together, the birthday celebrations, the weeping together in time of pain, the wonder of a sunset or of a daffodil peeping through the snow, we become less human." (don't know the source)

And here's one from the NY Times obituary about her that seems a fitting epitaph:

“Why does anybody tell a story? It does indeed have something to do with faith; faith that the universe has meaning, that our little human lives are not irrelevant, that what we choose or say or do matters, matters cosmically.”

Here's to the cosmic difference she made with her life.

Grace and Peace,

Chase