I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.

The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.

God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.

Never try to have more faith - just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you'll trust Him.

It's better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.

Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.

In the beginning, we're told, was the word. Every once in a while someone shows up on the planet who is word-obsessed and word-gifted; and the light and darkness get named again. In our day, that someone is Buechner.