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

It does not matter that we cannot fathom this mystery. The only real problem comes when we think that we have.

We do not have to understand in order to believe that behind the mystery and the fascination there is love.

Accepting that we are angry is a healthy and appropriate response as long as we don't get stuck in it. Acknowledging it is one way of going through it.

We tend to defend vigorously things that in our deepest hearts we are not quite certain about. If we are certain of something we know, it doesn't need defending.

To pray is to listen, to move through my own chattering to God, to that place where I can be silent and listen to what God may have to say.

When we celebrate Christmas, we are celebrating that amazing time when the Word that shouted all the galaxies into being limited all power and, for love of us, came to us in the powerless body of a human baby.