The trouble with deep belief is that it costs something. And there is something inside me, some selfish beast of a subtle thing that doesn't like the truth at all because it carries responsibility, and if I actually believe these things I have to do something about them. It is so, so cumbersome to believe anything. And it isn't cool. β¨ Donald Miller (2012). Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality, p.107, Thomas Nelson Inc
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