Debbie Jackson

“had learned that in America, what a man does to live often has nothing to do with how he lives. Besides,”
― James McBride, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

“That was his gift. Moshe could talk the horns off the devil’s head.”
― James McBride, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

“Even our church is different. We don’t sing with a piano. We chant the old songs and dance in circles, and we don’t cross our feet when we dance, for that is worldly dancing. Why we do these things, I do not know. It’s one of the many things passed down to us from the old people.”
― James McBride, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

“We have supposed that the way to help people be holy is to just tell them to “stop sinning,” when in fact, lasting transformation is a spiritual consequence of “beholding the glory of the Lord” (2 Cor. 3:18). That’s why we’re here: to behold. To set our sights on a higher love.”
― Jackie Hill Perry, Holier Than Thou: How God’s Holiness Helps Us Trust Him