I am a terrible and lazy Christian. I do not believe that the Bible is the literal word of God. I just skip about a third of it. I love the parts I l….

Rest and laughter are the most spiritual and subversive acts of all. Laugh, rest, slow down..

And you try to quiet your mind so you can hear..

Bananas are great, as I believe them to be the only known cure for existential dread. Also, Mother Teresa said that in India, a woman dying in the st….

Grace is having a commitment to- or at least an acceptance of- being ineffective and foolish. That our bottled charm is the main roadblock to drinkin….

Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me,' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.' A woman I know says, for her morning prayer….

What people somehow forgot to mention when we were children was that we need to make messes in order to find out who we are and why we are here..

It is a violation of trust to use your kids as caulking for the cracks in you..

For me, Jesus is my cleft in the rock. He is my safest friend, my safe totally loving accepting big brother..

Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention without having to actually show up somewhere... You don't have to ….

If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with your door..

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor..

This is a very violent place to live, the Earth, and we're a very violent species. Cain is still killing Abel. We see that every day..

When he sees little kids sitting in the backseat of cars, in those little car seats that have steering wheels, with grim expressions of concentration….

The difference between a writer who toughs it out and one who doesn't is that you push through the parts where you know that you've just written seve….

Part of me loves and respects men so desperately, and part of me thinks they are so embarrassingly incompetent at life and in love. You have to teach….

If you're lucky you find your way into a spiritual community and you start to find the great teachers of all the ages who said the same thing. There'….

Sometimes grace works like water wings when you feel you are sinking..

butterflies were wind energy made visible..

Some people may have thought that this book was too personal, too confessional. But what these people think about me is none of my business..

How do you begin? The answer is simple: you decide to..