God is always drawing us closer, blow by blow and bit by bit. And most of the time we do not even know it is happening.

We grow up as natural optimists as Americans. Catholic priests were so hopeful as we watched the Vatican II experience. Yet, it's a punch in the belly to see what has happened in the church and the world. Dualistic thinking seems to have taken over the church and our politics to a really neurotic degree.

Metaphor is the only possible language available to religion because it alone is honest about Mystery.

Religions should be understood as only the fingers that point to the moon, not the moon itself.

The most courageous thing we will ever do is to bear humbly the mystery of our own reality.

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

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