I became so attentive to the souls of other people that I was not as attentive as I might have been to my own.

Prayer is happening, and it is not necessarily something that I am doing. God is happening, and I am lucky enough to know that I am in The Midst.

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

Kindness is not a bad religion, no matter what name you use for God.

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

I know that the Bible is a special kind of book, but I find it as seductive as any other. If I am not careful, I can begin to mistake the words on the page for the realities they describe. I can begin to love the dried ink marks on the page more than I love the encounters that gave rise to them.

I became so attentive to the souls of other people that I was not as attentive as I might have been to my own.