Storytelling has always been at the heart of being human because it serves some of our most basic needs: passing along our traditions, confessing failings, healing wounds, engendering hope, strengthening our sense of community.

You don't become a good teacher by applying techniques; you don't become a good teacher by using the latest hot methodologies that are being promoted in this or that handbook.

As I teach, I project the condition of my soul onto my students, my subject, and our way of being together.

You are much more likely to have a holy experience in a quiet, focused, and communal context than you are when you are being entertained.

Death in various forms is sometimes comforting, while resurrection and new life can be demanding and threatening. If I lived as if resurrection were real, and allowed myself to die for the sake of a new life, what might I be called upon to do?

My favorite topping is one that a lot of people don't like. I love anchovies.

The winters will drive you crazy until you learn to get out into them.