That in itself is an act of peacemaking, because we're seeking to align our wills with God's will, our dreams with God's dream.

It's not about the church meeting your needs; it's about joining the mission of God's people to meet the world's needs.

To be a Christian in a generously orthodox way is not to claim to have the truth captured, stuffed, and mounted on the wall

When any sector of the Church stops learning, God simply overflows the structures that are in the way and works outside them with those willing to learn.

We need not a new set of beliefs, but a new way of believing, not simply new answers to the same old questions, but a new set of questions.

I had to face the possibility that the art of living in the way of Jesus was no longer carried on in a holistic way by any single tradition.

I’m sure I am wrong about many things, although I’m not sure exactly which things I’m wrong about. I’m even sure I’m wrong about what I think I’m right about in at least some cases.

Too often we see the Bible through whatever lens we get from our culture.

... why are so many religious people arguing about the origin of the species but so few concerned about the extinction of the species?

Ultimately, I hope Jesus will save Buddhism, Islam and every other religion, including the Christian religion, which often seems to need saving about as much as any other religion does.

The Christian faith, I am proposing, should become (in the name of Jesus Christ) a welcome friend to other religions of the world, not a threat

Your beliefs have the power to unlock your inner genius or keep you from fully achieving your greatest potential.

of seatbelts as an opportunity to take up drunk-driving.

Anyone who doesn't have a great time in San Francisco is pretty much dead to me.

A light hand is one which never feels the contact of the bit with the bars.

You know how a lot of people say they could go crazy? Well, I feel I live very close to that line.

I feel like sometimes people on television shows can start taking things for granted, or they don't want to be here or something like that.

I am not a serious person. I don't claim any profundity for any of my writing.

We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.

Social change comes through people.

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.