“Locating friendship at the heart of mission involves certain assumptions -- that reconciliation with God is something for which every human being is made and relationships are reciprocal.”
“In relationship to God one can not involve himself to a certain degree. God is precisely the contradiction to all that is 'to a certain degree'.”
“Friendship, according to Proust, is the negation of that irremediable solitude to which every human being is condemned.”
“We stand before a burning bush whenever other human beings share with us something of their relationship with God or something of the movements of their hearts. In such moments may we always realize that we stand on holy ground”
“Ultimately, I believe that God loves and wants a relationship with every human being, but with Laura I could feel God's urgency.”
“But with friendship, there's nothing like that. Being in a relationship, that's something you choose. Being friends, that's just something you are.”