from The Life You've Always Wanted, by John Ortberg

Jesus' announcement of the gospel is simply the announcement of the existence and availability of another dimension of existence, another world. 'The kingdom of God has come near,' he said. 'Repent, and believe int he good news.' The Good News -- the word we translate "gospel" -- is that this fallen world as we know it is not the whole story. There is another realm. It is as real as the chair I sit in and the book you read.

from On Fairy Stories, by J.R.R. Tolkein

It is the mark of the good fairy-story, of the higher or more complete kind, that however wild its events, however fantastic or terrible the adventures, it an give to the child or man that hears it, when the "turn" comes, a catch of the breath, a beat and lifting of the heart, near to (or indeed accompanied by) tears, as keen as that given by any form of literary art.

from Abba's Child, by Brennan Manning

Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion. 

from Shadowfeet, by Brooke Frasier

There's distraction buzzing in my head

saying in the shadows it's easier to stay

but I've heard rumours of true reality

whispers of a well-lit way