Creatures of a very particular making, we need to know the cultural blinders that narrow our world view as well as the psychological blinders that narrow our view of our personal experience.

Intuition always has our best interest at heart.

Writing bridges the inner and outer worlds and connects the paths of action and reflection.

History is what scholars and conquerors say happened; story is what it was like to live on the ground.

Forgiveness is the act of admitting we are like other people. We are prone to make mistakes that cause confusion, inflict pain, and miscommunicate our intentions ... The only choice we have is to reconcile ourselves to our own flaws and the flaws of other people, or withdraw from the community.

Spiritual life is contractual. The sacred cannot dialogue with the unresponsive.

Every person is born into life as a blank page and every person leaves life as a full book.