The art of living is to enjoy what we can see and not complain about what remains in the dark..

True Hospitality is welcoming the stranger on her own terms. This kind of hospitality can only be offered by those who've found the center of their l….

Is my growing old making me any closer to Christ? Am I only getting older or am I getting more godly?.

Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved and that nothing-sicknes s, failure, emotional distress, oppression, war, or even….

Everything changes radically from the moment you know yourself as being sent into this world..

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving much advice, sol….

To forgive another from the heart is an act of liberation. We set that person free from the negative bonds that exist between us. As long as we do no….

When we no longer pray, no longer listen to the voice of love that speaks to us in the moment, our lives become absurd lives in which we are thrown b….

I want my work to create space where people can meet God, rather than give them something they can "apply" to their daily life..

The only feelings that do not heal are the ones you hide..

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate ….

Somehow, somewhere, I know that God loves me, even though I do not feel that love as I can feel a human embrace, even though I do not hear a voice as….

Once we deeply trust that we ourselves are precious in God's eyes, we are able to recognize the preciousness of others and their unique places in God….

Forgiveness means that I continually am willing to forgive the other person for not being God — for not fulfilling all my needs. I, too, must ask for….

However, community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves but for one anot….

I feel strongly that the God we meet in solitude is always the God who calls us to community..

Jesus.. says, 'Let go of your complaints, forgive those who loved you poorly, step over your feelings of being rejected, and have the courage to trus….

Through prayer we can carry in our heart all human pain and sorrow, all conflicts and agonies, all torture and war, all hunger, loneliness and misery….

Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness can….

We are called to be fruitful - not successful, not productive, not accomplished. Success comes from strength, stress, and human effort. Fruitfulness ….

Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved..