I have learned to prize holy ignorance more highly than religious certainty and to seek companions who have arrived at the same place.

When I say I trust Jesus, that is what I mean: I trust that the way of life leads through perishability, not around it.

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.

I can't help but note that God is being useful to a lot of people trying to do harm to one another.

I went to the little church in the country after ten years in the city. And part of my dream was to sit on people's front porches with glasses of iced tea, and all that happened. I was able to send birthday cards to everyone in the parish and able to know everyone who was there on Sunday by name. And that was what I'd been looking for.

Most of us will have more than one job in our working lives, which means we will have more than one opportunity to seek meaningful work at different stages of our own deepening humanity.

The only real difference between Anxiety and Excitement was my willingness to let go of Fear.