People wanted to me to describe more about what I call "the container," and then describe what the second half of life feels like.

If you work with such people almost on the level of spiritual direction, you see that they are people who prefer a world view of order and even punitiveness. And for some reason, there's a feeling that the male psyche is going to give that to them. And if that's your view of religion, which it is for many people, if they've never come to the mystical level, religion is for social order and to maintain social order.

Mature prayer always breaks into gratitude.

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.

It’s the freedom of the children of God. Such people can connect with everybody. They don’t feel the need to eliminate anybody.

If you depend on being emotionally inspired or newly motivated, you will need a new fix almost every day.

every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create with us.