If Christians cannot extend grace through faithful presence within the body of believers, they will not be able to extend grace to those outside.

To be Christian is to be obliged to engage the world, pursuing God's restorative purposes over all of life.

The contemporary quarrel over church and state is not really about whether a wall of separation of church and state should exist or not... The real question is what does 'separation' mean?

He plays the same game, but for the first time in his life he is truly playing, rather than working, being a human, and this is a vast distinction realized by few.

When faith replaces fear, the gates open for you to receive enough money, optimal health, and genuine relationships.

The real life essence is to do the things that makes you really happy.

I went to Julliard and we did a lot of mask work there, and I remember thinking in class, 'When am I ever going to use this?

I think what's fun about the fairytales is just seeing what everybody interprets them as, which comes from the different directors and what they want to do with them.

Grain by grain, a loaf. Stone upon stone, a palace.

Make your goal to attend to your underlying needs and to aim for a resolution so satisfying that everyone involved has their needs met also.

The people who could do most to improve the situation of so many women and children are in fact, men.

I set myself some specific goals, but the key one is just getting myself into as good a shape as possible for one day this year: the Olympic marathon.

A taste of righteousness can be easily perverted into an overweening sense of self-righteousness and judgmentalism.