Doubt always coexists with faith, for in the presence of certainty who would need faith at all?

We admit that we will never reach our ideal in this life, a distinctive the church claims that most other human institutions try to deny.

Only in prayer can we learn to love God with all our heart, mind and soul.

There is an "offense" to the Gospel no matter how graciously we present it. It includes the message that God, not humanity, is the ultimate judge of right and wrong, and that the choices we make here have eternal consequences.

The presence of another caring person doubles the amount of pain a person can endure.

If God doesn't want something for me, I shouldn't want it either. Spending time in meditative prayer, getting to know God, helps align my desires with God's.

People who think they are free eventually end up slaves to their own desires, and those who give their freedom away to the only One you can trust with that freedom eventually get it back.