Those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain. LOVE is stronger than fear, life stronger than death, hope stronger than despair.….

The crisis of our prayer life is that our minds may be filled with ideas of God while our hearts remain far from him..

Your heart is greater than your wounds..

One way to express the spiritual crisis of our time is to say that most of us have an address but cannot be found there..

L'Arche is not a service institution or a group home. It is a community that exists to reveal God's love. Our people are given to the world to tell o….

Reading with children is an enormous gift to them. It's a great honor to invite children to read with adults..

Someday I would love to write about Vincent van Gogh - his paintings and letters continue to inspire me very much. But it remains hard to find the ti….

When we break bread and give it to each other, fear vanishes and God becomes very close..

Aging does not need to be hidden or denied, but can be understood, affirmed and experienced as a process of growth by which the mystery of life is sl….

Yes, it's a competitive world, but where is your heart?.

Prayer is not what is done by us, but rather what is done by the Holy Spirit in us..

That's prayer to let God's Word speak deep within you and tell you, "You are my beloved. You don't have to take an eye for an eye. No, no you're too ….

It's an incredible mystery of God's love that the more you know how deeply you are loved, the more you will see how deeply your sisters and your brot….

I have always felt that if I am very personal and connected with what I myself am living, my writing will transcend ecclesial boundaries..

The real 'work' of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me..

In community, where you have all the affection you could ever dream of, you feel that there is a place where even community cannot reach. That's a ve….

Solitude begins with a time and place for God, and him alone. If we really believe not only that God exists but also that he is actively present in o….

Community always calls us back to solitude, and solitude always calls us to community. Community and solitude, both, are essential elements of minist….

when the imitation of Christ does not mean to live a life like Christ, but to live your life as authentically as Christ lived his, then there are man….

[The Return of the Prodigal book] came out of my emotional and spiritual journey during the four months I was gone from Daybreak because of depressio….

In the face of the oppressed I recognize my own face, and in the hands of the oppressor I recognize my own hands. Their flesh is my flesh, their bloo….