I see that children fill the existential hollowness many people feel; that when we have children, we know they will need us, and maybe love us, but... →
Anne Lamott
I love readings and my readers, but the din of voices of the audience gives me stage fright, and the din of voices inside whisper that I am a fraud... →
Every woman's path is difficult, and many mothers were as equipped to raise children as wire monkey mothers. I say that without judgment: It is... →
Nothing heals us like letting people know our scariest parts: When people listen to you cry and lament, and look at you with love, it's like they... →
The first holy truth in God 101 is that men and women of true faith have always had to accept the mystery of God's identity and love and ways. I... →
I try to write the books I would love to come upon that are honest, concerned with real lives, human hearts, spiritual transformation, families... →
I think Jesus is divine love manifest on Earth, as it comes through the community of Christians.
Evangelical Christians and I can sit down and talk one on one about how much we love Jesus, and yet I'm not carried in Christian bookstores.
I'm drawn to almost any piece of writing with the words 'divine love' and 'impeachment' in the first sentence. But I know the... →
I used to love to untangle chains when I was a child. I had thin, busy fingers, and I never gave up. Perhaps there was a psychiatric component to my... →