God is an experience of supreme love.

It's not enough for me to just hear about something or read about something, I wanna know it in my bones.

That is who Barack Obama is - a person of admirable character - and that is who he has remained for me over these last four years. I have not agreed with his every decision, but never once have I seen him break his cool, lose his composure, or abandon his insightful perspective - even during the most serious and/or absurd national disasters.

Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You really need to be certain it's what you want before you commit.

When a man who looks like Yoda hands you a prophecy, you have to respond.

I have searched frantically for contentment for so many years in so many ways, and all the acquisitions and accomplishments- they run you down in the end.

And then, in that regal silence, finally - I began to meditate on (and with) God.