The path of descent is the path of transformation. Darkness, failure, relapse, death, and woundedness are our primary teachers, rather than ideas or doctrines.

God seems to be about turning our loves around and using them toward the great love that is their true object.

We do not make or create our souls, we just grow them up.

Jesus did not come to change the mind of God about humanity; Jesus came to change the mind of humanity about God

A skilled listener can help people tap into their own wisdom.

Until we learn to love others as ourselves, it's difficult to blame broken people who desperately try to affirm themselves when no one else will.

Love is luring us forward...to the fullness of our own being