The Good News does not hinge on words like do or change but on the powerless, irrelevant, and frightening words like belief and faith.

The Christian life does not just evolve. It also requires specific decisions and public commitments to deepen our faith and obedience.

As is typical of this God [of Israel], he calls his people into freedom in the most unlikely place.

If the church is the body of Christ [who was disguised in servant form], why would we think the world would be able to pick us out of a crowd of other well-meaning organizations?

For his own unfathomable reasons, God chooses to disguise himself when he comes to this planet, and there have been few disguises better than the church.

To live [in the church] at the beck and call of marketing logic is to live in slavery.

To love with expectations is, in the end, an oppressive, driven thing, and people know it when they receive it.

[denial] is an attempt to bring order to our lives.

As we become the light, the light is lifted in every room that we enter.

The master tools of success are invitation, patience, time, gentleness, cooperation and surrender.

Walls don't fall without effort.

His life was gentle and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world This was a man!

I am completely a loner. In my head I want to feel I can be anywhere. There is a sort of recklessness that being a loner allows me.

I think there is much more storytelling in stand-up now. Less emphasis on the joke. Jokes are still important, but it feels like a more intimate and personal experience these days.

As the children get older and know what they want ... We all grew up at one point.

I am a private person and that has always been my personality.

Don’t worry, we’re not letting her out of our sight…and after the Nick incident, we’re not letting her out from behind this bar. (Aimee) Yeah, Prisoners R Us. (Tory)

Music is the only thing in the world that can block out madness, and can be consumed in the sadness, for it helps the soul survive even if only for a short time.