Solitude is an essential element for the spiritual health of a child. If we only stimulate our children - keep them busy with endless stories with no space to be alone - that's not good.

Ministers are tempted to join the ranks of those who consider it their primary task to keep other people busy … But our task is the opposite of distraction … how to keep them from being so busy that they can no longer hear the voice of God who speaks in silence.

If you are not able to be silent, you will not be able to speak well.

Today's reading was "if they ask you to walk a mile, walk two. Don't take an eye for an eye or a tooth for a tooth." You have chances every second to live this Word, but it has to be in you. It can't just be an idea; it has to sink from the mind into the heart.

Peace is first of all the art of being.

Learning to weep, learning to keep vigil, learning to wait for the dawn. Perhaps this is what it means to be human.

One way to express the spiritual crisis of our time is to say that most of us have an address but cannot be found there.