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Holy impatience
I’m tired of waiting for justice. But I am learning to face a world coming to an end with the gift of God who is World Without End.
Practicing patience in difficult times
I want to be able to take my days and transform them into beauty. This fall in Chicago, it has felt like time is running out.
True patience
It’s about “long obedience,” not idleness or selflessness.
by Samuel Wells
My hospice nurse’s horse
The mare pulled the meniscus in her knee. This left my nurse with a tough choice.
by Karl Travis
Air travel—perhaps paradoxically—tutors us in patience, a practice in short supply in today's world.
by Rodney Clapp
Patience is not one of my virtues, as those closest to me know. I want answers now, clarity now, unresolved issues settled now, anxiety lifted now.
By Christine Chakoian