God does not accept me conditionally, on the basis of my performance, but bestows his love and forgiveness freely, despite my innumerable failures.

When I pray for another person, I am praying for God to open my eyes so that I can see that person as God does, and then enter into the stream of love that God already directs toward that person.

I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will make sense only in reverse.

Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.

In a nutshell, the Bible from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22 tells the story of a God reckless with desire to get his family back.

Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.

The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.

Any discussion of how pain and suffering fit into God's scheme ultimately leads back to the cross.

No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument.

In the stories of extravagant grace given to us by Jesus, there are no loopholes disqualifying us from God's love.

I doubt God keeps track of how many arguments we win; God may indeed keep track of how well we love.

If a soldier or labourer complains of the hardship of his lot set him to do nothing.

Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.

No other person's ideas, and none of my own ideas, are as authoritative as my experience.

Pain and love - the whole of life, in short - cannot be looked on as a disease just because they make us suffer.

Some relationships aren't true relationships. And it's usually when the other person does something really terrible that you realize it. And that's when it's time to move on.

We must learn from Mary, and we must imitate her unconditional readiness to receive Christ in her life.

Where there is no inner freedom, there is no life.

There are too many good comic book writers out there. I'd rather remain a fanboy.

Without gratitude and appreciation for what you already have, you’ll never know true fulfillment.

I love doctors and hate their medicine.