In a world where faith is often construed as a way of thinking, bodily practices remind the willing that faith is a way of life

The problem is, many of the people in need of saving are in churches, and at least part of what they need saving from is the idea that God sees the world the same way they do.

You can create an intimate community of about 20 or 25 people, and beyond that you're into a different kind of relationship.

To be in the mainline is to have a history and not simply to be an amalgam, a community church of who knows what that came from who knows where.

I'm leaving out some of the hugely successful megachurches, of which I have very little experience.

There was no time anymore to be quiet or still or pray. So, in many ways, that's what led to my downward spin.

We are born seekers, calling strange names into the darkness from our earliest days because we know we are not meant to be alone, and because we know that we await someone whom we cannot always see.