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The opposite of faith is not doubt: It is certainty. It is madness. You can tell you have created God in your own image when it turns out that he or s...more

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My mother was a not-too-devoted atheist. She went to Episcopal church on Christmas Eve every year, and that was mostly it.

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You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

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‎You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

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God can't clean the house of you when you're still in it.

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...I learned that God was an equal opportunity employer—that it was possible to experience the divine anywhere you were, anywhere you could see the su...more

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I realized I was going to get through this disappointing service, and anyway, you have to be somewhere: better here, where I have heard truth spoken s...more

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My belief is that when you're telling the truth, you're close to God. If you say to God, "I am exhausted and depressed beyond words, and I don't like ...more

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Or you might shout at the top of your lungs or whisper into your sleeve, "I hate you, God." That is a prayer too, because it is real, it is truth, and...more

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A nun I know once told me she kept begging God to take her character defects away from her. After years of this prayer, God finally got back to her: I...more

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We learn from pain that some of the things we thought were castles turn out to be prisons, and we desperately want out, but even though we built them,...more

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In biblical times, they used to stone a few thirteen-year-olds with some regularity, which helped keep the others quiet and at home. The mothers were ...more

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Only God can put Scripture inside. But reading sacred text can put it on your hearts, and then when your hearts break, the holy words will fall inside...more

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When I asked Father Tom where we find God in this present darkness, he said that God is in creation, and to get outdoors as much as you can.

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When God is going to do something wonderful, He or She always starts with a hardship; when God is going to do something amazing, He or She starts with...more