There's no authoritarian structure at Reed College, but the education is conservative. So what you have is a lot of students who are very authentically looking for truth.

...I want my spirituality to rid me of hate, not give me reason for it.

Passion about nothing is like pouring gasoline in a car without wheels. It isn't going to lead anybody anywhere.

When I walked into the Christian section of a bookstore, the message was clear: Faith is something you do alone. Rick does not have much tolerance for people living alone. He's like Bill Clinton in that he feels everyone's pain. If Rick thinks somebody is lonely, he can't sleep at night. He wants us all to live with each other and play nice so he can get some rest. Tortured soul.

All relationships are living and alive and moving and becoming something.

It is always the simple things that change our lives. And these things never happen when you are looking for them to happen. Life will reveal answers at the pace life wishes to do so. You feel like running, but life is on a stroll. This is how God does things.

I want to start replacing my “fix” response with an “enjoy” response and just let people be themselves.