Jealousy has always been my cross, the weakness and woundedness in me that has most often caused me to feel ugly and unlovable, like the Bad Seed.

I have a very dark sense of humor. I swear. I have a very playful relationship with Jesus.

I have a lot of faith. But I am also afraid a lot, and have no real certainty about anything. I remembered something Father Tom had told me--that the opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely. Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.

For too long, and despite what people told me, I had fallen for what the culture said about beauty, youth, features, heights, weights, hair textures, upper arms.

When I was a kid, our family used to watch 'Bonanza.' I really liked having a Sunday night TV ritual.

I'm human, you're human, let me greet your humanness. Let's be people together for a while.

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