Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.

The ragamuffin who sees his life as a voyage of discovery and runs the risk of failure has a better feel for faithfulness than the timid man who hides behind the law and never finds out who he is at all.

Shame--what happened when my mother, the dragon, huffed and puffed and blew my self down.

May all your expectations be frustrated, may all your plans be thwarted, may all your desires be withered into nothingness, that you may experience the powerlessness and poverty of a child and sing and dance in the love of God who is the Father, Son and Spirit.

The most powerful thing that can happen in the place of prayer is that you yourself become the prayer. You leave the prayer room able as Jesus' hands and feet on earth. This is what it means to pray continually (without ceasing), to see with the eyes of Jesus and to hear with His ears with every waking moment.

There is a beautiful transparency to honest disciples who never wear a false face and do not pretend to be anything but who they are.

A trusting heart is forgiven and, in turn, forgives.