The discipline of creation, be it to paint, compose, write, is an effort towards wholeness.

Don't be afraid..." We need this reassurance. Even for those of us who believe implicitly in angels, to be confronted by one is an awesome thing."

the discoveries don't come when you're looking for them. They come when for some reason you've let go conscious control.

there are dozens and dozens of ways to be a family ... Family tends to happen.

The virgin birth has never been a major stumbling block in my struggle with Christianity; it's far less mind boggling than the Power of all Creation stooping so low as to become one of us.

When we make ourselves vulnerable, we do open ourselves to pain, sometimes excruciating pain. The more people we love, the more we are liable to be hurt, and not only by the people we love, but for the people we love.

We are suspicious of grace. We are afraid of the very lavishness of the gift.