God is so immense that if he were 'too visible,' people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.

If we do not become changed from the inside-out - if we don't morph - we will be tempted to find external methods to satisfy our need to feel that we're different from those outside the faith. If we cannot be transformed, we will settle for being informed or conformed.

When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.

True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.

Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.

As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.

Grace is the offer of God's ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.