The Journey is not random rambling. It is a deliberate motion toward an End that draws, urges, captures, and seduces you forward.

We speak two different dialects of the same language.

The best wisdom looks, sounds, and feels like poetry. Wisdom is elegant.

Love is the first and most devious deceiver, the most seductive delusion.

As long as the Atonement remains a legal, juridical, or psychological matter, it will remain in the realm of the aesthetic, Love at First Hand, “it’s all about me.” The atonement must be a drama whose characters are loftier than a jealous deity, subtler than a cunning adversary, holier than a selfless hero, and nobler than a cowering humanity.

In modern culture the Gospel has been superseded by forms of narcissistic therapy and faux altruism.

Give God a break: everybody dumps their crap on God.

Learn the trade before you learn the tricks of the trade.

Even though it is more blessed to give than to receive, sometimes you need to be the object of someone else’s compassion.

First loves are nature’s way of providing an acceptable reason to lose your virginity.