Creation is a process that is still happening and we’re in on it! We are a part of this endless creativity of God.

The great and merciful surprise is that we come to God, not by doing it right, but by doing it wrong.

A person who can laugh and go with life does not demand to be in control, which is why the most controlling people may be sarcastic but lack an authentic sense of humor.

Faith is not for overcoming obstacles; it is for experiencing them—all the way through!

There has to be a womp on the side of the head that defeats and undercuts this game of performance. It has to fall apart. Now unfortunately, that very often does not happen until what I call the second half of life, when there's been enough death in the family and you start experiencing your own physical deterioration.

The human ego prefers anything, just about anything, to falling, or changing, or dying. The ego is that part of you that loves the status quo – even when it's not working. It attaches to past and present and fears the future.

When you do the first half of life well, you have a good sense of yourself.