It often takes suffering and lost in order to remind us of how precious life is.

My parents were both very intellectually honest, straightforward, and for them, faith meant that you were fully engaged.

One truth is that suffering raises profound questions with the universe. The other truth is that grace, gift and generosity also raise profound questions.

For many people, God is primitive, behind, trying to drag everything back to some prehistoric era as opposed to spirit, force, love, drawing us into a better future, which to me is - that story has done something in me and I've seen it do things in other people.

Many people confuse religion with God and walk away from them both. The point isn't Christianity, the point is being a Christian.

Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn’t as bright as it could be.

There's way too much wonder and mystery all around us to not stay open to more that's going on here. You can wake up, and sense and feel and taste and hear a whole world right here within this one, right here in this breath you're about to take.