Our churches should attract the people Jesus attracted and frustrate the people Jesus frustrated.

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.

If we head in the direction of our dreams and accept the winds and rains that will test our resolve, we can experience the deep satisfaction of looking back upon the path of a life well lived.

The secret is love is a chaotic mess of every emotion we humans have given a name to.

I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been.

People buy a cat and think, 'Oh that's a beautiful collar. I'll put that on, ' but that doesn't make them a responsible pet owner.

In Africa, we were around thousands of people who have seen a lot of poverty, but they were fun at the end of the day.

I would sooner walk in the dark, and hold hard to a promise of my God, than trust in the light of the brightest day that ever dawned.

I didn't try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses.

A sweet new blossom of humanity, fresh fallen from God's own home, to flower on earth

for many people, loneliness was an experience of time. 'Not knowing what to do with yourself' was the way it was usually put.

I am very interested in the Universe - I am specialising in the Universe and all that surrounds it.