In God's eyes the most significant is often the most hidden.

The gospel word of the day can become like a painting on the walls. of your inner room, the inner room that is your heart.

Prayer is the beginning and the end, the source and the fruit, the core and the content, the basis and the goal of all peacemaking.

The best of community does give one a deep sense of belonging and well-being; and in that sense community takes away loneliness.

Life is not entertainment. Life is not distraction.

We seldom realize fully that we are sent to fulfill God-given tasks. We act as if we were simply dropped down in creation and have to decide to entertain ourselves until we die. But we were sent into the world by God, just as Jesus was. Once we start living our lives with that conviction, we will soon know what we were sent to do.

As long as we continue to live as if we are what we do, what we have, and what other people think about us, we will remain filled with judgments, opinions, evaluations, and condemnations. We will remain addicted to putting people and things in their "right" place.