Prayer Is First And Foremost An Act

Define Yourself Radically As One Beloved By God. This Is The True Self. Every Other Identity Is Illusion. God's Love For You And His Choice Of You Constitute Your Worth. Accept That, And Let It Become The Most Important Thing In Your Life.

Troubadours Have Always Been More Important And Influential Than Theologians And Bishops

Won't The Awareness God Loves Us No Matter What Lead To Spiritual Laziness And Moral Laxity? Theoretically, This Seems A Reasonable Fear, But In Reality The Opposite Is True. . . . The More Rooted We Are In The Love Of God, The More Generously We Will Live Our Faith.

Tragedy Is That Our Attention Centers On What People Are Not, Rather Than On What They Are And Who They Might Become.

One Of The The Loveliest Lines I Have Ever Read Comes From Brother Roger, The Prior Of The Protestant Monks Of Taize, France: 'assured Of Your Salvation By The Unique Grace Of Our Lord Jesus Christ.' It Is Still Difficult For Me To Read These Words Without Tears Filling My Eyes. It Is Wonderful.