It is the church's responsibility, the government's responsibility, and the personal responsibility of every one of us to love.

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

The surprise was worse that the pain. It showed a lack of awareness.

If I go to prison, will you arrange conjugal visits?

Career is just posh slavery.

There's an honesty in our family - my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them.

No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be a very linear undertaking.

The accumulation of wealth is followed by an increase of care, and by an appetite for more.

If you watch the news and don't like it, then this is your counter program to the news.

I opened the door and Lend smiled. 'They look better on you.' 'Wow, they must look just awful on you then.' I smiled back.

An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: What does happen is that the opponents gradually die out.

A road is a dagger placed in the heart of a wilderness.