Luke Danes Quotes

Yes, he is the fulfillment of the Old Testament hopes and longings (Matt. 5:17). Yes, he is one whose holiness causes even his friends to fall down in fear, aware of their sinfulness (Luke 5:8). Yes, he is a mighty teacher, one whose authority outstripped even that of the religious PhDs of the day (Mark 1:22). To diminish any of these is to step outside of vital historic orthodoxy. But the dominant note left ringing in our ears after reading the Gospels, the most vivid and arresting element of the portrait, is the way the Holy Son of God moves toward, touches, heals, embraces, and forgives those who least deserve it yet truly desire it.

I just want you to know I'm in. I'm all in.

Carefully I leaned over and adjusted the baby blanket higher over his chest. “Dane,” I said softly, “remember that thing you told me about the duck and the tennis ball? About how baby ducks get attached to the first thing they see after they’re born?” “Imprinting.” “How does that work again? . . .” “After the duckling is hatched, there’s a window of time during which another creature, or even an inanimate object, is stamped onto his nervous system, and he becomes bonded to it. In the study I read, a duckling became imprinted to a tennis ball.” “How long is the window of time?” Dane’s voice was half-wary, half-amused. “Why? Are you afraid you’re the tennis ball?” “I don’t know. It’s possible Luke is the tennis ball.” -Ella & Dane