Until we start thinking in terms of revolution instead of compromise the Church will continue to pat itself on the back with token steps of renewal.

Spirituality isn't about being finished and perfect; spirituality is about trusting God in our unfinishedness.

Religious people love to hide behind religion. They love the rules of religion more than they love Jesus. With practice, Condemners let rules become more important than the spiritual life.

What landed Jesus on the cross was the preposterous idea that common, ordinary, broken, screwed-up people could be godly.

Spirituality is not about being fixed; it is about God's being present in the mess of our unfixedness. (Messy Spirituality)

Christianity is not about learning how to live within the lines; Christianity is about the joy of coloring.

Jesus cares more about desire than about competence

Play is an expression of God's presence in the world; one clear sign of God's absence in society is the absence of playfulness and laughter.

The Church is the place where the incompetent, the unfinished, and even the unhealthy are welcome. I believe Jesus agrees.

Spiritual growth thrives in the midst of our problems, not in their absence. Spiritual growth occurs in the trenches of life, not in the classroom.

When we are in touch with God's joy and peace in us, then we become whole and holy persons. Like living torches we radiate the light and heat of God's compassionate love.

Everything sings, the whole universe and all the other universes. It's in our genes, see, not just in our ears.

She leaned out of the window slow and sleepy, and the light came through her nightdress like sand through a sieve.

It became a weekend of reading, of trying to see her in the fragments of the poem she'd left for me.

That's not precisely what I had in mind." Jamie, I had found out by accident a few days previously, had never mastered the art of winking one eye. Instead, he blinked solemnly, like a large red owl.

There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself.

Aren't fairy godmothers supposed to be nice and make you feel better about yourself? ...No, you're confusing fairy godmothers with sales clerks.

Life is short. Do not forget about the most important things in our life, living for other people and doing good for them.

I've written all my songs on every single one of my records, and that's what's been fun about looking back.

What we choose to love is very important for what we love leads our eyes, ears, and hearts on a pilgrimage that shapes the texture of our lives.

I was particularly good at math and science.