It is an occupational hazard of devout folk to become stuffy bores. This should not be. Of all people, we should be the most free, alive, interesting.

Countless people pray far more than they know. Often they have such a "stained-glass" image of prayer that they fail to recognize what they are experiencing as prayer and so condemn themselves for not praying.

When we determine to dwell on the good and excellent things in life, we will be so full of those things that they will tend to swallow our problems.

I think of Pope Gregory the Great. He wanted the cloister. He wanted to pray and study, and yet he was thrust into this administrative job, and he submitted to that. And in that submission, he became a great leader. You could say that the only person who is safe to lead is the person who is free to submit.

Spiritual direction is an interpersonal relationship in which we learn how to grow, live, and love in the spiritual life.

God's heart is the most sensitive and tender of all. No act goes unnoticed, no matter how insignificant or small.

Just as worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. If worship does not propel us into greater obedience, it has not been worship.