Faith is a state of constant examination and openness. In faith we must be vulnerable. Only in this seeming weakness do we live with God.

If your Ipad can do it better than you, then it is not a skill.

It is only possible to live happily-ever-after on a day-to-day basis.

In the Christian Story, mind and matter - invisible things and visible things - are both real. The Christian view is not the only way of viewing the world, of course. It has competition.

It felt good doing a physical job, and going home each evening feeling like I had really done a day's work.

The tiny, initial clue ... by allowing us to imagine what we do not know, stimulates a desire for knowledge.

The most difficult We do not deal in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.

There are a lot of bad worship songs, in my opinion, but there are a lot of good ones, too

I toned down my accent at school; otherwise, people would pick on me.

What was alien was being ordinary, being humdrum, being trapped into appeasing...having to crush and stifle my opinions, not being allowed to be brilliant, tricking myself into mediocrity.

I think I've been called edgy - but in all honestly, there is a safety in what I do because I'm always the idiot.