That's about 90 percent of my theological life - radical self-care. Put your own oxygen mask on first. I watch the self-talk that goes through my mind, and if I am being critical with myself, I shake myself out of it.

...since you can't heal your own sick mind with your own sick mind, I needed to consult somebody else's sick mind.

I can tell you that what you're looking for is already inside you.

These days cry out, as never before, for us to pay attention, so we can move through them and get our joy and pride back.

We were raised to believe in books, music, and nature.

I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and save the world. You sent money to the Red Cross, you registered people to vote, you marched in rallies, stood in vigils, picked up litter.

Get to know your characters as well as you can let there be something at stake, and then let the chips fall where they may.