Faith does not need to push the river because faith is able to trust that there is a river. The river is flowing. We are in it.

Life is all about practicing for heaven." p 101.

...religion either produces the very best people or the very worst.

every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create with us.

...organized religion is no longer good news for most people, but bad news indeed. It set us up for the massive atheism, agnosticism, hedonism, and secularism we now see in almost all formerly Christian countries.

Contemplation is a spiritual practice that has the potential to heal, and connect us to the source of our being.