We live by revelations, as Christians, as artists, which means we must be careful never to get set into rigid molds. The minute we begin to think we know all the answers, we forget all the questions and we become like the pharisee who listed all his considerable virtues, and thanked God that he was not like other men.

Dare I? Of course I don't. But I'm going to anyhow because I have no choice.

It is not always on the great or the important that the balance of the universe depends.

Those who believe they believe in God, but without passion in the heart, without anguish of mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, and even at times without despair, believe only in the idea of God, and not in God himself.

During the long drag of years before our youngest child went to school, my love for my family and my need to write were in acute conflict. The problem was really that I put two things first. My husband and children came first. So did my writing. Bump.

Just write a little bit every day. Even if it's for only half an hour — write, write, write.

Meg, when people don't know who they are, they are open either to being Xed, or Named