We even refuse to be our true self with God- and then wonder why we lack intimacy with him.

The men and women who are truly filled with light are those who have gazed deeply into the darkness of their own imperfect existence.

The gospel will persuade no one unless it has so convicted us that we are transformed by it.

All I have learned through trial and error is to stay alert and aware, especially God smiling @ our silliness.

Jesus reveals a God who does not demand but who gives; who does not oppress but who raises up; who does not wound but who heals; who does not condemn but forgives.

In Love's service, only wounded soldiers can serve.

Do you believe that the God of Jesus loves you beyond worthiness and unworthiness, beyond fidelity and infidelity—that he loves you in the morning sun and in the evening rain—that he loves you when your intellect denies it, your emotions refuse it, your whole being rejects it. Do you believe that God loves without condition or reservation and loves you this moment as you are and not as you should be.