A forest is mystery but the desert is truth. Life pared to the bone.
What happens is that people who are very religious but who are not in touch with reality, cannot be spiritual.
I learned that the purpose of the Twelve Steps is to do the will of God.
We can't be intimate because we can't share feelings that we don't have
I am discovering that in trying to find God's will and the shape of the Christian life I have begun an adventure so great that its total completion will always be ahead.
I'll tell you what pressure is. Pressure is a Messerschmitt up your arse. Playing cricket is not.