Religion has in fact outdone culture in dualistic thinking - we've become as violent, as hateful toward our enemies, damning them to hell and whatever else, that the world doesn't look to us for wisdom, because we're trapped in the dualistic mind, instead of the mind of Christ that we were supposed to have.

To give, and not demand that others receive . . . that is the crossover point to maturity. . .

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

The movement toward gratitude, authenticity, and union is the natural and organic inner work of the second half of our lives.

I believe in mystery and multiplicity. To religious believers this may sound almost pagan. But I don't think so.

In the second half of life, people have less power to infatuate you. But they also have much less power to control you or hurt you.

There are three things we have to let go of. The first is the compulsion to be successful. Second, is the compulsion to be right-especially theologically right. (That's merely an ego trip, and because of this "need" churches split in half, with both parties prisoners of their own egos.) Finally, there is the compulsion to be powerful, to have everything under control.