Midnight Meditations

A Character talks about the power of Love.

Walker speaks on behalf of Ivy --- his blind daughter who is about to embark on a quest for medicine through a wood of mysterious danger . . .

Edward Walker: "Let her go. If it ends, it ends. We can move towards hope, that's what's beautiful about this place. We cannot run from heartache. My brother was slain in the towns, the rest of my family died here. Heartache is a part of life, we know that now. Ivy is running toward hope, let her run. If this place is worthy, she'll be successful in her quest."
Mrs. Clack: "How could you have sent her? She is blind."
Edward Walker: "She is more capable than most in this village. And she is led by love. The world moves for love. It kneels before it in awe.

A Singer & Songwriter talks about deception.

"I tell you everybody's in the same mess. We all are. I'll be the first to tell you, I'm a mess. God is dealing with me everyday, everyday telling me how I can be less of a mess. He showed me, 'Look Lauryn, you have a problem, I'm gonna show you how you're causing the problem, and now I want you to be the solution. And that's what all these songs are about: Problem---Cause---and Solution."

"Free your mind, you know."

"We all think that the Gospel is: joining a church building. That's deception. The real Gospel is repent. That means let go of all that crap that's killing you. Life is supposed to be a pleasurable experience not this torment. I realized I was tormenting myself. It wasn't about things that I needed, all these security blankets. The more I acquired, the more I became a prisoner."

"I was measuring myself, trying to compare myself to a standard that wasn't reality. It wasn't the standard at all. It says in scripture that we compare ourselves amongst ourselves. That's not the standard! You already are the standard! What are you trying to fit into a standard for? We were each created to be individual standards. So after all that, I'm just ready to be me."

"We all fit ourselves into the little boxes purposely because of the parts of ourselves that we're unhappy about and we don't love. It's sad--there's this false social doctrine that says, the invincible God with all His expression, who created every single one of us absolutely different, on purpose, wants everybody to fit into the same suit.

I'm like---you know what? That's deception."

~Lauryn Hill

An international justice lawyer talks about the means to end injustice:

"What is the plan to end suffering? We are the plan. Injustice is a particular kind of sin, the abuse of power. It is the taking away of good things God intended for humanity."

"We feel powerless. The most difficult thing for the world to believe about faith is that God is good. However, God asks each of us, What do you have to offer? Remember when I fed the 5,000 with a small boy's lunch? I do miracles out of what you offer me. Offer Him what you have and He will provide the miracle."