People are not problems to be solved. They are mysteries to be explored.

It is not easy to convey a sense of wonder, let alone resurrection wonder, to another. It’s the very nature of wonder to catch us off guard, to circumvent expectations and assumptions. Wonder can’t be packaged, and it can’t be worked up. It requires some sense of being there and some sense of engagement.

No life of faith can be lived privately. There must be overflow into the lives of others.

Like the sacramental use of water and bread and wine, friendship takes what's common in human experience and turns it into something holy.

I didn't write because I had anything to say, but in order to find out what there was to say.

The life of faith isn't meant for tourists. It's meant for pilgrims.

That's why I tell stories: to create readiness, to nudge the people toward receptive insight. In their present state they can stare till doomsday and not see it, listen till they're blue in the face and not get it.