Accepting the reality of our sinfulness means accepting our authentic self. Judas could not face his shadow; Peter could. The latter befriended the impostor within; the former raged against him.

Be daring enough to be different, humble enough to make mistakes, wild enough to be burnt in the fire of love, real enough to make others see how phony you are.

God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.

To be alive is to be broken; to be broken is to stand in need of grace.

My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.

A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.

In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.

To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and what God's grace means.

Jesus comes not for the super-spiritual but for the wobbly and the weak-kneed who know they don’t have it all together, and who are not too proud to accept the handout of amazing grace.

Our identity rests in God's relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.

In Love's service, only wounded soldiers can serve.

Habits are malleable throughout your entire life.

I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition.

When anything is wrong with your child, your first instinct is to make it better.

New York is an exciting town where something is happening all the time, most unsolved.

Microorganisms will give you anything you want if you know how to ask them.

I'm strong, I'm tough, I still wear my eyeliner.

Audacity succeeds as often as it fails; in life it has an even chance.

I really wasn't very much of a rebel. I'm seen by people now as more of a rebel which is strange. I don't like doing what people tell me to do. I don't deliberately rebel against them.

Seventy percent store-bought, ready-made plus 30 percent fresh allows you to take 100 percent of the credit.

I like the debate, but I don't really like the fight. I don't like being in the ring. I'm not competitive.