Silence is the necessary space around things that allows them to develop and flourish without my pushing.

I think it's important to remember that by the second half of our lives, we are meant to see in wholes, and no longer just in parts.

The spiritual world is hidden and perfectly revealed in the physical world.

To believe in Jesus, is to believe that the historic person who lived on this earth more than 2000 years ago was the image of the invisible God. That's a huge leap of faith, but it is my leap of faith, it's the act of faith of the Christian community.

Pain that is not transformed is transmitted.

The most common one-liner in the Bible is, "Do not be afraid." Someone counted, and it occurs 365 times.

G.K. Chesterton, who was part of a Catholic conservatism that was kind and loving, not reactionary or hateful, said "We're all in the same boat in a stormy sea and we owe each other a terrible loyalty." I think that's profoundly true, yet it's difficult to have civil dialogue right now with other Christians, so how can we possibly talk to "all the nations"?