It seemed to travel with her, to sweep her aloft in the power of song, so that she was moving in glory among the stars, and for a moment she, too, felt that the words Darkness and Light had no meaning, and only this melody was real.

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

In reading we must become creators.

Have you ever tried to get to your feet with a sprained dignity?

A long-term marriage has to move beyond chemistry to compatibility, to friendship, to companionship. It is certainly not that passion disappears, but that it is conjoined with other ways of love.

I hope that I will never forget the salvific power of joyful laughter.

To refuse to respond is in itself a response.