By focusing too myopically on what we want God to do on our behalf, we may miss the significance of what he has already done.

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

As I read the Bible, it seems clear that God satisfies his "eternal appetite" by loving individual human beings. I imagine He views each halting step forward in my spiritual "walk" with the eagerness of a parent watching a child take the very first step.

Dependence, humility, simplicity, cooperation, and a sense of abandon are qualities greatly prized in the spiritual life, but extremely elusive for people who live in comfort.

[...]women much like this prostitute fled toward Jesus, not away from him. The worse a person felt about herself, the more likely she saw Jesus as a refuge. Has the church lost that gift?

Life with God is an individual matter, and general formulas do not easily apply.

Prayer unfolds in the stillness of the soul.