“Prayer should bring us to an altar where no walls or names exist.” — Rabia The great challenge of prayer is that it only works when...

“Courage doesn’t happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your...

“We were made to enjoy music, to enjoy beautiful sunsets, to enjoy looking at the billows of the sea and to be thrilled with a rose that...

We have a duty to befriend Those aspects of obedience That stand outside of our house And shout to our reason “O please, O please, Come...

“Each has within him a secret of the Divinity; each is growing towards the revelation of that secret to himself, and so to the full...

I took a walk with God yesterday. I’ve had this nagging question in my heart, and I wanted to get to the bottom of it: Why do I have this...

"All the arts we practice are apprenticeship. The Big art is our life." — M.C. Richards When back country hiking through unfamiliar...

“It is by learning the questions slowly and attentively that we are drawn into the depth of things, and, frankly, the sadness of things,...

"The self that God consistently loves is not my prettied-up pretend self but my actual self—the real me. But, master of delusion that I...

“The heart has to shed the distractions that keep it from knowing the truth about itself… you won't be what you are until you stop...

“As global waves of grief wash over us, we are finally waking up to the understanding that tears speak louder than words—they are not...

Simone Weil writes this concerning Beauty: "We are drawn toward it without knowing what to ask of it. It offers us its own existence. We...

"When love awakens in your life, it is like a rebirth, a new beginning." ― John O'Donohue I was recently challenged to do this simple...

“Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy,...

“I am the ground of thy beseeching.” — God, speaking to Julian of Norwich A friend of mine got laid off last week. He’s got three kids, a...

“There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you...

“I know several lives worth living,” writes Mary Oliver, in her poem about whales. As we once again face the start of a new year, it’s...

“The most common form of despair is not being who you are.” — Søren Kierkegaard I recently listened to a fantastic podcast series on Envy...

“Beauty is not a luxury.” — John O’Donohue, Beauty I spoke with a beautiful faith leader this week who was in a very dark place in her...

“You will never live beyond the way that you see yourself.” — John Eldredge There are these old stories about myself I carry around in my...