And so I urge you: carry on an ongoing conversation with God about the daily stuff of life, a little like Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. For now, do not worry about "proper" praying, just talk to God.

We over-eat, over-buy, and over-built, spewing out our toxic wastes upon the earth and into the air.

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.

The needed change within us is God's work, not ours. The demand is for an inside job, and only God can work from the inside. We cannot attain or earn this righteousness of the kingdom of God: it is a grace that is given.

Simplicity is freedom.

When we genuinely believe that inner transformation is God's work and not ours, we can put to rest our passion to set others straight.

Spiritual direction involves a process through which one person helps another person understand what God is doing and saying.