Spirituality is not about being fixed; it is about God's being present in the mess of our unfixedness. (Messy Spirituality)

Spirituality isn't about being finished and perfect; spirituality is about trusting God in our unfinishedness.

Until we start thinking in terms of revolution instead of compromise the Church will continue to pat itself on the back with token steps of renewal.

Religious people love to hide behind religion. They love the rules of religion more than they love Jesus. With practice, Condemners let rules become more important than the spiritual life.

What landed Jesus on the cross was the preposterous idea that common, ordinary, broken, screwed-up people could be godly.

Christianity is not about learning how to live within the lines; Christianity is about the joy of coloring.

Jesus cares more about desire than about competence

Play is an expression of God's presence in the world; one clear sign of God's absence in society is the absence of playfulness and laughter.

The Church is the place where the incompetent, the unfinished, and even the unhealthy are welcome. I believe Jesus agrees.

Spiritual growth thrives in the midst of our problems, not in their absence. Spiritual growth occurs in the trenches of life, not in the classroom.

When we are in touch with God's joy and peace in us, then we become whole and holy persons. Like living torches we radiate the light and heat of God's compassionate love.

We were created to be productive

The greatest sin you could commit is immortality, because it means that you’ll eventually commit all else.

They need a deen that's not your uncle's deen.

In America most everybody who's Italian is half Italian. Except me. I'm all Italian. I'm mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me.

When Americans invade Iraq, Bush says, we will be greeted as liberators by the Iraqi people, proving that taking out Saddam Hussein was the right thing to do.

Men in your position have women offering themselves in the hopes that they will get somewhere professionally, or socially.

I'm not depressed and I continue to remain healthy and positive, but developing 'Smash Bros.' is beyond hard.

Now that I have all the things I once thought would make me happy, they have little meaning for me. Experience, and not just a little heartache, has taught me money buys convenience and conveniences.

[The public lands represent] in a sense, the breathing space of the nation.

Caring less what everybody else thinks, but also caring less and less about what your own mind thinks, because what your own mind thinks, sometimes, is the thing that makes you sad.