The ancient spiritual tradition is that God gives himself fully to us in silence and solitude.
God is a kooky God who can scarcely bear to be without us.
False gods – the gods of human understanding – despise sinners, but the Father of Jesus loves all, no matter what they do. But of course this is almost too incredible for us to accept.
Faith will become vision, hope will become possession, but the love of Jesus Christ that is stronger than death endures forever. In the end, it is the only thing you can hang onto.
A ragamuffin knows he’s only a beggar at the door of God’s mercy.
There is an extraordinary power in storytelling that stirs the imagination and makes an indelible impression on the mind.
What makes the Kingdom come is heartfelt compassion: a way of tenderness that knows no frontiers, no labels, no compartmentalizing, and no sectarian divisions.
I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me.
Troubadours have always been more important and influential than theologians and bishops.
One of my realizations in such an earthy atmosphere was that many of the burning theological issues in the church were neither burning nor theological.
Shame – what happened when my mother, the dragon, huffed and puffed and blew my self down.
I you think you’ve done it, then you’re wrong. Because you’re not finished until you have achieved everything that you never thought you could.
Craving clarity, we attempt to eliminate the risk of trusting God.
A trusting heart is forgiven and, in turn, forgives.
Letting ourselves be loved by God is more important than loving God.
The loss of transcendence has left in its wake the flotsam of distrustful, cynical Christians, angry at a capricious God, and the jetsam of smug bibilolatrists who claim to know precisely what God is thinking and exactly what he plans to do.
We are enveloped in peace, whether or not we feel ourselves to be at peace. By that I mean the peace that passes understanding is not a subjective sensation of peace; if we are in Christ, we are in peace even when we feel no peace.
You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.
Hope your wildest hopes, dream your maddest dreams, imagine your most fantastic fantasies. Where your hopes and your dreams and your imagination leave off, the love of my Heavenly Father only begins.
Authentic Christianity should lead to maturity, personality, and reality. It should fashion whole men and women living lives of love and communion.