You hear as many things as you would imagine. I hear voices of people I loved once. I hear moments that took place. I hear silences.

The world needs people who save lives.

People will buy snake oil from anybody who seems to be selling it in a persuasive way.

In honesty you have to admit to a wise man that prayer is not for the wise, not for the prudent, not for the sophisticated. Instead it is for those who recognize that in face of their deepest needs, all their wisdom is quite helpless. It is for those who are willing to persist in doing something that is both childish and crucial.

Your vocation in life is where your greatest joy meets the world's greatest need.

What gets me back to church, I think, is thinking maybe this time that question "Is it true?" will be answered, not just in terms of somebody saying, "Yes, it's true," but something will happen in a sermon or maybe shuffling up to the Eucharist, or in the old lady who's sitting beside me with a Bible - maybe something will happen which will show me that it's true. So I go back thinking, maybe this time I'll be lucky.

Where your deep gladness meets with the deep hunger of the world, there you will find a further calling.