The name of this infinite and inexhaustible depth and ground of all being is God.
Life is better when we imagine it
Writers learn their craft, above all, from the work of other writers. From reading.
Mediocrity has a way of keeping demons from the door.
Asking science to explain life and vital matters is equivalent to asking a grammarian to explain poetry.
It's every man for himself, every woman, every child. A new breed ferocious and wild.
Good Christian liturgy is friendship in action, love taking thought, the covenant relationship between God and his people not simply discovered and celebrated like the sudden meeting of friends, exciting and worthwhile though that is, but thought through and relished, planned and prepared -- an ultimately better way for the relationship to grow and at the same time a way of demonstrating what the relationship is all about.
I love the Rio Grande Valley. I always say it's home - Texas is home. I've been out in L. A. a little over ten years, and I still get so excited when I go back home. It just feels comfortable; it makes me smile.