Teenagers who do not go to church are adored by God, but they don't get to meet some of the people who love God back.

I don't see myself as a deep philosopher. The things I write about tend to be what we all have to face, or consider, or experience, that I talk about with my friends and brothers. It's universal stuff, told in my own voice, my own details and truth, which is all I have to offer.

A good marriage is where both people feel like they're getting the better end of the deal.

So a moral position is not a message. A moral position is a passionate caring inside you.

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

It was not facing what life dealt that made you crazy, but rather trying to set life straight where it was unstraightenable.

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, 'Whatever,' and then for the evening, 'Oh, well,' but has conceded that these prayers are more palatable for people without children.