Prayer is a place where God and humans meet.

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.

I'd like to dividemyself in order to see, among these mountains, each and every flowerof every cherry tree.

Golf is not a game of good shots. It's a game of bad shots.

Ought to be easy, ought to be simple enough: Man meets woman, and they fall in love, But the house is haunted and the ride gets rough. You got to learn to live with what you can't rise above.

[On journalists:] They are as disruptive a menace to the public body: as grating turds in the intestines are to the private body.

I'm kind of insane when it comes to music, a little obsessed.

The Way is ever nameless.

I know the aspect of my personality, being the vixen, the heartbreaker and the incredibly provocative girl is a very marketable image, but it's not insincere. You just can't take it seriously.

By taking a look at your anger it can be transformed into the kind of energy that you need - understanding and compassion.

What does Donald Trump look like? He looks like a president.

'Be alive,' the land says, 'listen - this is your time, your world, your pleasure.'