Writing makes a map, and there is something about a journey that begs to have its passage marked.

Words are how we think; stories are how we link.

Our desires teach us who we are and who we want to become. Our desires shape our stories.

In the midst of overwhelming noise and distraction, the voice of story is calling us to remember our true selves.

Wonder is not a Pollyanna stance, not a denial of reality; wonder is an acknowledgement of the power of the mind to transform, to notice, to decide what experience shall mean.

Ritual consists of the external practices of spirituality that help us become more receptive and aware of the closeness of our lives to the sacred. Ritual is the act of sanctifying action - even ordinary action - so that it has meaning. I can light a candle because I need the light or because the candle represents the light I need.

in writing we live life twice: once in the experience, and again in recording and reflecting upon our experience.