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

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.

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

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.

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.

Mickey holds up the soggy paper. DIE. Don't you die.

When the light at Vernon turned green, we stepped into the street and George grabbed my hand and the ghosts of our younger selves crossed with us.

I rode up, walked past a few miles of wallpaper that was someone's revenge for life's disappointments.

We need an unambiguous rule - a law - that nobody will step between the publisher and the consumer, full stop.

Yeah, people following me down the street and at the airport and all that. I can't imagine what it must be like for people who are, you know, actually famous.

We never conceive the greatness of our fates.

I've always had good mechanics and stuff like that.

I think we've been a lot more disciplined with our bowling. Our batting at times has been more disciplined as well.

Learning is just remembering slowly, like simmer coming to boil.

Wisdom and knowledge is everywhere, but so is stupity.