Our culture says that ruthless competition is the key to success. Jesus says that ruthless compassion is the purpose of our journey.

Childlike in faith means the daily acknowledgment of utter dependence and that I owe my life and being to another.

God is loving us - you and me - this moment, just as we are and not as we should be.

What makes a genius? The ability to see. To see what? The butterfly in a caterpillar, the eagle in an egg, the saint in a selfish person, life in death, unity in separation, God in the human and human in God and suffering as the form in which the incomprehensibility of God himself appears.

We miss Jesus' point entirely when we use His words as weapons against others.

When I get honest, I admit I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt, I hope and get discouraged, I love and I hate, I feel bad about feeling good, I feel guilty about not feeling guilty. I am trusting and suspicious. I am honest and I still play games. Aristotle said I am a rational animal; I say I am an angel with an incredible capacity for beer.

Faithfulness requires the courage to risk everything on Jesus, the willingness to keep growing, and the readiness to risk failure throughout our lives.