The immense joy in welcoming back the lost son hides in the immense sorrow that has gone before....our brokenness may appear beautiful, but our brokenness has no other beauty but the beauty that comes from the compassion that surrounds it.

Everything changes radically from the moment you know yourself as being sent into this world.

I feel strongly that the God we meet in solitude is always the God who calls us to community.

For many, religion has to do with what we are allowed to do and not allowed to do. In the end, that doesn't bear fruit.

One of the most beautiful ways for spiritual formation to take place is to let your insecurity lead you closer to the Lord. Natural hypersensitivity can become an asset; it makes you aware of your need to be with people and it allows you to be more willing to look at their needs.

Jesus.. says, 'Let go of your complaints, forgive those who loved you poorly, step over your feelings of being rejected, and have the courage to trust that you won't fall into an abyss of nothingness but into the safe embrace of a God whose love will heal all your wounds.

If you meet God in solitude, you discover the God you meet is the God who embraces all people.