Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo.

To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world.

Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.

Take your Bible and take your newspaper, and read both. But interpret newspapers from your Bible.

Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so?

When we speak of our virtues we are competitors, when we confess our sins we become brothers.

I take the Bible far too seriously to take it literally.

We must read the Bible through the eyes of shipwrecked people for whom everything has gone overboard.

Grace and gratitude belong together like heaven and earth. Gratitude evokes grace like the voice and echo. Gratitude follows grace as thunder follows lightning.

Grace creates liberated laughter. The grace of God...is beautiful, and it radiates joy and awakens humor.

Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.

There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.

. . .the home place is the safe haven, the convergence of waters, the place where the beloved dead are as real as the living.

People react positively when things are clear and understandable.

Every truth must be accompanied by some corresponding act.

In the concert of nature it is hard to keep in tune with oneself if one is out of tune with everything else

Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.

You may just miss an awesome ride if you only look at happiness as a destination.

God helps everyone with what is his own.

The last thing we wanted was a copycat. When we saw [Richie Faulkner] play, we thought, "We don't have to tell this guy anything. He's got it."

I believe that as long as a single man may try, any unjustifiable barrier against his efforts is a barrier against mankind.