I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me.

Perhaps there is no more dangerous place for a Christian to be than in safety and comfort, detached from the suffering of others.

The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an elephant, or an eagle, but a slaughtered lamb.

Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived.

All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tiptoe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tiptoe.

How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday?

God comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.

When we ask God to move a mountain, God may give us a shovel.

There are some things to die for but none to kill for.

It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become genuine friends and family with whom we laugh, cry, dream and struggle.

I wondered if there were other restless people asking the question with me: What if Jesus meant the stuff he said?.

The zeal to live and the fire in my heart, is strong enough to burn away any obstacle that may come on my way. I love life too much to be suicidal.

I believe that I have received Jesus Christ into my heart. I believe that he has covered all of my sins.

The 'Main Street' retailers ... see customers come to the store to locate items ... only to leave and order the items over the Internet just to escape the sales tax.

Love is a medicine for the sickness of the world; a prescription often given, too rarely taken.

There was a hole inside her, and it twisted.

And that sweet city with her dreaming spires, She needs not June for beauty's heightening.

If you are a very intelligent person, you will see this: All the realities in the universe can be changed!

Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.

Go for the purposes of God, and the means to fulfill them will follow.

I started from zero and went back to the basics in gymnastics.