Friendship has always belonged to the core of my spiritual journey.

A happy life is a life for others.

I am very grateful that I am in touch with so many different church groups. I am always very moved by the fact that so many people - practically over the spectrum of the Christian world - are responding to my writing.

Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to us. Let's not be afraid to receive each day's surprise, whether it comes to us as sorrow or as joy It will open a new place in our hearts, a place where we can welcome new friends and celebrate more fully our shared humanity.

Our glory is hidden in our pain, if we allow God to bring the gift of himself in our experience of it.

Trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand.

When we break bread and give it to each other, fear vanishes and God becomes very close.