Suffering attracts fixers the way road-kills attract vultures.

When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn't go off and leave us- he enters into our trouble and saves us.

All the persons of faith I know are sinners, doubters, uneven performers. We are secure not because we are sure of ourselves but because we trust that God is sure of us.

One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.

Wisdom is the art of living skillfully in whatever actual conditions we find ourselves.

Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship.

Prayer is the disciplined refusal to act before God acts.

No life of faith can be lived privately. There must be overflow into the lives of others.

Worship does not satisfy our hunger for God; it whets our appetite.

I will not try to run my own life or the lives of others; that is God's business.

Waiting means going about our assigned tasks, confident that God will provide the meaning and the conclusions.

My chains are broken in Jesus Name. Amen.

Fools commit suicide and think they're doing themselves a favor.

What is destructive is impatience haste expecting too much too fast.

My thesis statement would be—Bach didn't write Baroque music. He wrote great music.

I don't wear my political feelings on my sleeve. However, if I'm asked, I will answer honestly.

Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead.

I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if Arab states do not recognize Israel, within secure borders.

It's not so hard to become the best painter in Canada... The rest just quits!

I'd always dreamt of acting but, in Adelaide, we don't have exposure to the opportunities that make stardom a possibility.

Because children grow up, we think a child's purpose is to grow up. But a child's purpose is to be a child