O Love, here I am, at this moment, on this planet, in this place, utterly in awe that I am alive and that everything is. Read more »

If you look in the dictionary, there are two uses of the word “wonder.” Read more »

Janet Lane, who has done the layout and design work for Quest for the last 32 years, is retiring from the position following this issue. Read more »

Certainty is a thorny issue in religion. Read more »

Out of your heart, cry wonder, Sing that we live… Read more »

“For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.” —Elie Wiesel

“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”—Socrates

“God has no religion.” —Mahatma Gandhi

“All peoples are members of the same body, created from one essence. ” —Saadi

“The winds of grace are always blowing but you have to raise the sail.”—Ramakrishna

For many of us, it proves impossible to limit religious thought to a narrow creed. The more we learn, the more difficult it becomes to restrict ourselves to the definition of ultimate reality, or God, that we grew up with, or held when we were young. Read more »

I wrote this prayer sitting in a military chapel in Afghanistan. The prayer was inspired by my encounter with a service-member I met. Read more »

Well-meaning people explain that it doesn’t matter what religion I choose, but I must choose, and only one. Only then, they say, can I go truly deep into a religion. Read more »