Jesus picked up the conversation. "As the crowning glory of creation, you were made in Our image, unencumbered by structure and free to simply 'be' in relationship with Me and one another. If you had trully learned to regard one another's concerns as significant as your own, there would be no need for hierarchy.

I had a very angry father and was disconnected from my family.

I think good creative writing opens up space for people to come into. Let God reach out and touch the human soul. That's not my job. I get to be present and create as much space as I can ... That frees me up just to be creative in the way I want to be.

Transformation without work and pain, without suffering, without a sense of loss is just an illusion of true change.

Image and appearance tell you little. The inside is bigger than the outside when you have the eyes to see.

It is impossible for you to take power over the future because it isn't even real...

Jesus is not the 'founder of Christianity.