Mentoring is a mutuality that requires more than meeting the right teacher: the teacher must meet the right student.

It is because as we are, our hearts are closed, and we cannot place the holy words in our hearts. So we place them on top of our hearts. And there they stay until, one day, the heart breaks and the words fall in.

In every story I have heard, good teachers share one trait: a strong sense of personal identity infuses their work.

I am not sure that any sight or sound on earth is as exquisite as the hushed descent of a sky full of snow.

I am very, very uneasy with churches that have basically said, "Well, since that's what people want and that's what sells, then were going to do our worship services like Hollywood productions. We're going to have a lot of bells and whistles. We're going to have high entertainment value, and it is going to have a lot of gloss and glitter."

Connection and connectedness are other words for community and communion.

It's more important to be in right relationship than it is to be right.