Our hearts of stone become hearts of flesh when we learn where the outcast weeps.

Our identity rests in God's relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.

In Love's service, only wounded soldiers can serve.

Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.

For me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of Jesus Christ.

In my experience, self-hatred is the dominant malaise crippling Christians and stifling their growth in the Holy Spirit.

The unwounded life bears no resemblance to the Rabbi.

Gussie, a glutton for punishment, stared at himself in the mirror.

Writing is one of the ways I participate in transformation.

Evil is done by the living.

You are the biggest threat to your emotional and physical health if you don't set aside time for relaxation, joy, and personal growth.

Never confuse activity with action.

If you live in bad faith, lies will appear to you like the truth.

This is still a very primitive age, and I'm afraid they may not get much further here.

I think that era of mechanically figuring out of how to bring a particular evocative image to the screen was a really important part of my education.

I don't mind dancing the robot if the chemicals are ok, but beyond that the robot will not pull my strings.

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land.