“I think God eventually changed my heart simply because I clung to my desire for Him, even though I wasn't sure how to follow through on that desire.”

“Whatever's on your mind is also on God's heart.”

“Reality ground my expectations into microscopic particles.”

“When we front a fiction, we are destined for loneliness.”

“Sincere doubts, handled properly, can become a gift.”

“When did we, as Christ followers, start to think that the church exists for us? When did we forget that we are the church? And that we're here for the world?”

“God can use the jawbone of an ass!”

“Honest, open communication is the only street that leads us into the real world... We then begin to grow as never before. And once we are on this road, happiness cannot be far away.”

“I am constantly trying to communicate something incommunicable, to explain something inexplicable, to tell about something I only feel in my bones and which can only be experienced in those bones. ...”

“O heavenly Father,protect and bless all thingsthat have breath: guard themfrom all evil and let them sleep in peace.”

“When we retire at night, we constructively review our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid? Do we owe an apology? Have we kept something to ourselves which should be discussed with ...”

“God help us to live slowly:To move simply:To look softly:To allow emptiness:To let the heart create for us.Amen.”