People who’ve had any genuine spiritual experience always know that they don’t know. They are utterly humbled before mystery. They are in awe before the abyss of it all, in wonder at eternity and depth, and a Love, which is incomprehensible to the mind.

Change is not what we expect from religious people. They tend to love the past more than the present or the future.

Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing.

If we do not transform our pain, we will most assuredly transmit it.

The most amazing fact about Jesus, unlike almost any other religious founder, is that he found God in disorder and imperfection—and told us that we must do the same or we would never be content on this earth.

People who know how to creatively break the rules also know why the rules were there in the first place.

After 32 years as a priest , I think its fair to say that most institutional churches are very limited in addressing higher levels of spiritual consciousness.