The Christian religion asks us to put our trust not in ideas, and certainly not in ideologies, but in a God Who was vulnerable enough to become human and die, and Who desires to be present to us in our ordinary circumstances.

Changing husbands is only changing troubles.

For grace to be grace, it must give us things we didn't know we needed and take us places where we didn't know we didn't want to go. As we stumble through the crazily altered landscape of our lives, we find that God is enjoying our attention as never before.

When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your lot?

The ordinary activities I find most compatible with contemplation are walking, baking bread, and doing laundry.

To be an American is to move on, as if we could outrun change. To attach oneself to place is to surrender to it, and suffer with it.

But in order to have an adult faith, most of us have to outgrow and unlearn much of what we were taught about religion.