“Mine was a patchwork God, sewn together from bits of rag and ribbon, Eastern and Western, pagan and Hebrew, everything but the kitchen sink and Jesus.”

—  Anne Lamott

Source: Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

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