Sabbath is that uncluttered time and space in which we can distance ourselves from our own activities enough to see what God is doing.

Count yourself lucky, how happy you must be - you get a fresh start, your slate's wiped clean. Count yourself lucky - God holds nothing against you and you're holding nothing back from Him.

I think pastors are the worst listeners. We're so used to speaking, teaching, giving answers. We must learn to be quiet, quit being so verbal, learn to pay attention to what's going on, and listen.

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

One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.

The way of Jesus cannot be imposed or mapped — it requires an active participation in following Jesus as he leads us through sometimes strange and unfamiliar territory, in circumstances that become clear only in the hesitations and questionings, in the pauses and reflections where we engage in prayerful conversation with one another and with him.

You don't make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious, it becomes less true.