Indeed we are all in peril if the flawed messenger invalidates the message.

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.

We need a new ethic of place, one that has room for salmon and skyscrapers, suburbs and wilderness, Mount Rainier and the Space Needle, one grounded in history.

Genius requires an audience.

The Church used to be a lifeboat rescuing the perishing. Now she is a cruise ship recruiting the promising.

Until you become a parent, you can't begin to discover your capacity for strength, love and fatigue.

There are no rules to writing a song.

No person, no idea, and no religion deserves to be illegal to insult, not even the Church of Emacs.

Founders are usually very stingy with equity to employees and very generous with equity to investors. I think this is totally backwards.

When the path ignites a soul, there's no remaining in place. The foot touches ground, but not for long.

So the self under the eye lies, Attendant and withdrawn.

Images adorn our inner life and carry great power there.