Whoever you are, you are human. Wherever you are, you live in the world, which is just waiting for you to notice the holiness in it.

I don't miss the ministry, because I'm completely engaged in it. In terms of parish ministry, I miss the intimacy with a group of people.

Whoever you are, you are human. Wherever you are, you live in the world, which is just waiting for you to notice the holiness in it.

Once I gave up the hunt for villains, I had little recourse but to take responsibility for my choices.... Needless to say, this is far less satisfying that nailing villains. It also turned out to be more healing in the end.

Earth is so thick with divine possibility that it is a wonder we can walk anywhere without cracking our shins on altars.

The effort to untangle the human words from the divine seems not only futile to me but also unnecessary, since God works with what is. God uses whatever is usable in a life, both to speak and to act, and those who insist on fireworks in the sky may miss the electricity that sparks the human heart.

It's difficult for me to ignore how many conflicts locally and worldwide have religion tagged to them.