It's easy to fall into the trap of feeling like you've heard everything before and that you have nothing left to learn.

What would a church look like that created space for quietness, that bucked the celebrity trend and unplugged from noisy media, that actively resisted our consumer culture? What would worship look like if we directed it more toward God than toward our own amusement?

Prayer unfolds in the stillness of the soul.

Forgiveness is the only way to break the cycle of blame-and pain-in a relationship...It does not settle all questions of blame and justice and fairness...But it does allow relationships to start over. In that way, said Solzhenitsyn, we differ from all animals. It is not our capacity to think that makes us different, but our capacity to repent, and to forgive.

Christians are simply pilgrims who acknowledge their lostness and their desire for help in finding the way.

The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.

Goodness cannot be imposed externally, from the top down; it must grow internally, from the bottom up.