Far too often, when we think we are frightened by mystery, the fact is that we are haunted by history.

Your soul craves truth, beauty, wonder, love. Your soul craves to dream, to imagine, and even simply to understand. Your soul craves to connect, to commune, to create.

Jesus did not have a value for prayer for prayer's sake. He had a value for the intimate communion between God and man.

It is amazing where God will take you when you are willing to follow. Life is full of surprises when we choose mystery over security.

You are both a work of art and an artist at work.

We have to ask ourselves, 'Am I really trying to discern God's will, or determine whether I want to do it?'

The church does not exist for us. We are the church, and we exist for the world.