For most of my life, I've wanted to be perfect. I never really knew what that meant, but I knew it was something a person ought to be. ...

From its earliest expressions, my faith has depended on outside circumstances. My first prayers were pleas to the God I had learned of...

Prayer and meditation have played an important role in my spiritual development. But, for many years, those concepts were largely...

Hurry up and wait. For most of my life, patience has not been one of my strong suits. When I put my mind to something, I become...

I have always been loud. Even before my memory, there are stories of me commanding a room, thriving as the center of attention. I came...

How I came to accept and embrace discomfort as a valuable teacher.