Conversion does not make us perfect, but it does catapult us into a total experience of discipleship that affects - and infects - every sphere of our living.

When the poor farmer of India is unable to buy a gallon of gasoline to run his simple water pump because the world's demand has priced him out of the market, who is to blame?

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

Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment.

Silence is one of the deepest Disciplines of the Spirit, simply because it puts the stopper on all self-justificat ion

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.

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.