To keep our bodies less defended—to live in our bodies right now, to be present to others in a cellular way—is also the work of healing past hurts and the many memories that seem to store themselves in the body

Religion’s main job is to reconnect us (re-ligio) to the Whole, to ourselves, and to one another—and thus heal us.

God’s totally positive and lasting way of removing our shortcomings is to fill up the hole with something much better, more luminous, and more satisfying.

“Amazing grace” is not a way to avoid honest human relationships. Rather, it’s a way to redo them—but now, gracefully—for the liberation of both sides

If God already knows what we need before we ask, and God actually cares about us more than we care about ourselves, then why do both Step 7 and Jesus say, each in their own way: “Ask, and you will receive.

Pained by opportunities missed, and the many violations of life, still we give thanks.

The stiller you become, the clearer will your reflection be.

May you find a way in every day, to share your great-fullness for all that touches your eyes.

Like sturdy trees that bend with the breeze, wisdom-inspired living offers a deeper mooring for our being and our doing, which allows for movement even as we are deeply rooted.