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The Things We Say
The Things We Say
The Things We Say
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The Things We Say provides 187 launching points for new understanding that readers can bring to bear on each day of their lives. The juxtaposition of common sayings and Bible verses sheds light on each as the author and reader take on the privileged role of mediating the discussion between two. The context of Quaker "queries and advices" adds depth, breadth and focus to each page. One learns from this book: more about Quakers, more about common sayings and more about the Bible.

Morison says he was inspired to research common quotations, slogans and aphorisms because of his work in prisons and jails. He explains that is where he “encounters despair, anger, resentment, fear and resignation on a daily basis” and adds that he is “led to do more listening than speaking.” Morison tells how the stories he hears often begin and continue with refrains like “I know I am still alive for a reason” or “I guess if you make your own bed, you have to lie in it.” He goes on to explain how such words can help people make their way through phenomenally disturbing circumstances, but adds, “the very same words are also uttered by confused people no longer trusting their words have any real worth or meaning.” These experiences led him to pay attention to all the places where people quote conventional wisdom in the form of short sayings. This work collects many of those sayings in a way that is amenable, provocative and inviting.

Morison, recently retired from correctional chaplaincy, has found that the faithful life means “touching pain with love” and he hopes that his reflections can invite readers to bring that privilege and joy closer to the center of their lives!

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PublisherGlenn Morison
Release dateMar 23, 2018
ISBN9781772801606
The Things We Say
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Glenn Morison

Glenn Morison is an ordained minister of the United Churchof Canada who has worked from coast to coast withinCanada throughout his adult life. Among those he has counted as his friends are rural Cape Bretoners, International Seafarers using the Port of Halifax, Salvadoran Refugees in southern New Brunswick, the young and old living on the streets of Toronto and the Gitxsan First Nation in Northern British Columbia. Currently, Glenn worked a number of years as a chaplain at the Winnipeg Remand Centre, a maximum security institution dedicated to housing those awaiting bail, trial or transfer within the Manitoba justice system before becoming the Director of Open Circle, a prison visitation program. Glenn has published numerous opinion and humour pieces for newspapers, magazines and the Internet. Recently retired Glenn has collected a number of his thoughts and reflections in The Things We Say.

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