Prayer Begins At The Edge

God Is Not Nice. God Is Not An Uncle. God Is An Earthquake.

It Is Dangerous To Take Human Freedom For Granted, To Regard It As A Prerogative Rather Than As An Obligation, As An Ultimate Fact Rather Than As An Ultimate Goal. It Is The Beginning Of Wisdom To Be Amazed At The Fact Of Our Being Free.

Prayer Begins At The Edge Of Emptiness.

How Embarrassing For Man To Be The Greatest Miracle On Earth And Not To Understand It!

Wonder, Or Radical Amazement, Is A Way Of Going Beyond What Is Given In Thing And Thought, Refusing To Take Anything For Granted, To Regard Anything As Final. It Is Our Honest Response To The Grandeur And Mystery Of Reality Our Confrontation With That Which Transcends The Given.