Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.

And why are we supposed to be serious about God? Did God show up and crack the whip? “You there, Annie in Ohio, I see you laughing a lot and frankly it really pisses Me off . . . “ (50)

We will experience the life we have the faith to experience.

Sometimes the dying live more fiercely and wisely than the rest of us. (146)

Writing is like breathing, it's possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what.

If you work on your creativity, you deepen your spirituality. And if you work on your spirituality, you deepen your creativity.

We are meant to midwife dreams for one another. Success occurs in clusters