I have yet to find any support in the Bible for an attitude of smugness: Ah, they deserve their punishment; watch them squirm.

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.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right.

When a man marries, it's proof he can't govern his life. He needs a governess

The meaning of life is to adventurously discover our gift. The purpose of life is joyfully share our gift with the world.

Even the best buzz wears off, and you wake up more trapped than the day before.

It takes so long to put a movie into production and finish it that anyone with a bad idea has time to give it to you before the movie is completed.

I have not seen Al Gore's movie.

I think the one thing that athletics prepared me for thats been more beneficial than anything has been the humbling times.

I still have this deep-down fear that if I go poking into the bushes I might find a dead body.

In some ways, America has grown up to be a masterpiece of self-concern.