Often, it seems, we're [Christians] perceived more as guilt dispensers than as grace dispensers.

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.

Don't care about success or failure. Keep doing what you love. Success will follow.

There was a beautiful time...

The only true wisdom is in knowing that, with love, you can win the world.

Travel is hard, but entertaining is joy.

Lucy: Do you think you have Pantophobia, Charlie Brown? Charlie: I don't know, what is pantophobia? Lucy: The fear of Everything. Charlie: THAT'S IT!!!

Feminism means revolution and I am a revolutionist.

There is a big difference between the lower samadhis and the upper samadhis, like the difference between the Sierras and the Himalayas.

Indeed, these errors and my prompt confessions have made me surer, if possible, of my insight into the implications of truth and ahimsa.

The urge to destroy is a creative urge.

As an actor, you don't become Meryl Streep by doing the same type of comedy. You get there by being challenged.