Suffering dispels the illusion that we have the strength and competence to rule our own lives and save ourselves.

A person's faith can collapse almost overnight if she failed over the years to listen patiently to her own doubts, which should only be discarded after long reflection.

Contextualization is not giving people what they want. It is giving God's answers (which they probably do not want) to the questions they are asking and in forms they can comprehend.

The Gospel worldview equips the artist with a unique combination of optimism and realism about life.

If you aren't constantly astonished at God's grace in your solitude, there's no way it can happen in public.

The goal of prayer is not just the sharing of our ideas, but also of ourselves.

To the degree you experience God's love towards you - seeing you as beautiful and radiant - to that degree sex won't ruin your life.