What keeps our faith cheerful is the extreme persistence of gentleness and humor. 
Gentleness is everywhere in daily life, a sign that faith rules through ordinary 
things: through cooking and small talk, through storytelling, making love, 
fishing, tending animals and sweet corn and flowers, through sports, music 
and books, raising kids--all the places where the gravy soaks in and grace 
shines through. Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has 
to look far to see the campfires of gentle people. If we had no other purpose 
in life, it would be good enough to simply take care of them and goose them once 
in a while. 
	--Garrison Keillor on "Why Are We Here"