All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain. If we do not transform our pain, we will transmit it to those around us.

When you get your,'Who am I?', question right, all of your,'What should I do?' questions tend to take care of themselves

Pope Francis insists that mercy is at the very top of the Christian hierarchy of great truths, and everything falls apart whenever mercy is displaced by anything else.

I decided years ago that if I'm going to keep teaching contemplation, then the last years of my life should be contemplative.

People who think they can just do a non-stop flight to mystical, non-dual thinking, to get it out without going through the process, are usually not right. That's airy-fairy thinking. They have to wait until they are hurt themselves, or they are cheated, or lied to or betrayed, and they will see that their non-dual thinking is not tested, or truly a gift of the spirit. It's simply fuzzy thinking.

What some now call 'emerging Christianity' or 'the emerging church' is not something you join, establish, or invent. You just name it and then you see it everywhere- already in place! Such nongroup groups, the 'two or three' gathered in deep truth, create a whole new level of affiliation, dialogue, and friendship.

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