It is Stoicism that demands a closed universe, not the Bible.

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

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.

Simplicity is the only thing that sufficiently reorients our lives so that possessions can be genuinely enjoyed without destroying us.

The discovery of God lies in the daily and the ordinary, not in the spectacular and the heroic. If we cannot find God in the routines of home and shop, then we will not find Him at all.

Simplicity, then, is getting in touch with the divine center

Prayer is - loving conversation with the One who has invited us into His embrace.