Sin is wrong, not because of what it does to me, or my spouse, or child, or neighbor, but because it is an act of rebellion against the infinitely holy and majestic God.

Clinging to our ideas of perfection isolates us from life and is a barrier.

We are living in a world where moral climates have no atmosphere.

War is catastrophe. It breaks families in irretrievable pieces. But those who are gone are not necessarily lost.

The light within us gives power for good actions.

I'm not weeping for what I've lost ... I'm just grateful to the Lord, grateful that he gave me so much. ... Praise the Almighty God for what he gave me, for such love and such joy.

We cannot drill our way out of our addiction to oil.

Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.

I can't imagine anything more stressful than monogamy.

I visited those friends who'd just had a baby, and she was washing dishes and he was cleaning the house, and I burst with happiness. And in their minds, they were in this terrible domestic rut

Sometimes you have to go through something else to find what you're looking for.