I loved to teach, I loved my students, but I wanted to find a community. I prayed: "Lord, show me where you want me to go. I will go wanted wherever you call me - but please be clear."

[...]when two people have become present to each other, the waiting of one must be able to cross the narrow line between the living or dying of the other.

Too many of us are lonely ministers practicing a lonely ministry.

The journey from teaching about love to allowing myself to be loved proved much longer than I realised.

It's good to have a prayer on your lips wherever you go.

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

You have to dare to live through the pain and struggle. Acknowledge your anguish but do not let it pull you out of yourself. Hold on to your chosen direction, your discipline, your prayer, your work, your guides, and trust that one day love will have conquered enough of you that even the most fearful part will allow love to cast out all fear.