My faith did not require beauty or belonging - the deeper I went into my practice, the less it required at all.

Over four decades of pastoral ministry—I got started early—you make mistakes. But the mistakes you most regret are the ones that obscure the gospel and hurt the people you love, by saying in effect, "You do not belong," to those for whom Christ died to provide a place of belonging.

Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think.

Be careful with this one" said Dina, bending down to greet the cat. "All cats are half jinn, but I think she's three quarters.

As a writer and a mom, I wish I could split into two or three different people so I could be with my kids all day, write all day, and go out and do the interviews all day. Multiplicity woman!

All translations are made up" opined Vikram, "Languages are different for a reason. You can't move ideas between them without losing something