Refusing to accept God's love because we're unworthy - of course we're unworthy! - is another golden calf.

Love of music, of sunsets and sea; a liking for the same kind of people; political opinions that are not radically divergent; a similar stance as we look at the stars and think of the marvelous strangeness of the universe - these are what build a marriage. And it is never to be taken for granted.

The joys of love...last only a moment. The sorrows of love last all the life long.

I never want to lose the story-loving child within me, or the adolescent, or the young woman, or the middle-aged one, because all together they help me to be fully alive on this journey, and show me that I must be willing to go where it takes me, even through the valley of the shadow.

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 shadows are deepening all around us. Now is the time when we must begin to see our world and ourselves in a different way.

Artists of all disciplines must be willing to go into the dark, let go control, be surprised.