When faced with a crisis, do three things: breathe, pray and be kind.

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.

Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.

Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.

... the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. [pp. 65-66]

Sometimes I think that Jesus watches my neurotic struggles, and shakes his head and grips his forehead and starts tossing back mojitos.

Nothing heals us like letting people know our scariest parts: When people listen to you cry and lament, and look at you with love, it's like they are holding the baby of you.

Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.

I thought the secret of life was obvious: be here now, love as if your whole life depended on it, find your life's work, and try to get hold of a giant panda.

Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the Book of Job: Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit.

I believe, I have faith, I trust, In me, In you, In us.

No misfortune is so bad that whining about it won’t make it worse. (Apr 2007 Gen Conf)

Clothing totally changes my perception of how I feel about myself depending on what it is that I'm wearing.

People are disappointed when the world doesn't end on their watch.

I never met a Jesuit before I applied for the order.

A tragedy means always a mans struggle with that which is stronger than man.

We wrote our first blog post before we wrote our first line of code.

Ever since I turned 22, I've grown weaker. I think I'm going to die after riding a slide once.

No other game combines the wonder of nature with the discipline of sport in such carefully planned ways. A great golf course both frees and challenges a golfer's mind.

Yellow is capable of charming God.