The more I have read the Bible and studied the life of Jesus, the more I have become convinced that Christianity spreads best not through force but through fascination.

Perhaps there is no more dangerous place for a Christian to be than in safety and comfort, detached from the suffering of others.

The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an elephant, or an eagle, but a slaughtered lamb.

Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived.

All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tiptoe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tiptoe.

How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday?

God comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.

When we ask God to move a mountain, God may give us a shovel.

There are some things to die for but none to kill for.

It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become genuine friends and family with whom we laugh, cry, dream and struggle.

I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me.

It's often only in the lies we refuse to speak that any truth can be heard at all.

I just completed The Tenth Circle. It is an excellent mystery story surrounding a family with modern day issues.

It's a date, not a duty

Most of my money remains in England, although my unworthy carcass may not under usual circumstances ...

Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads.

If one suffers we all suffer. Togetherness is strength. Courage.

Warfare against civilians must never be answered in kind. Terror must never be answered with terror.

I think Michigan and the people of Michigan know - really, they know that I'm going to protect them. They're great people.

The role of the artist is like that of an explorer and a teacher - a teacher of seeing. No one is more capable of conveying this enlightenment than the artist.

Only you have the power to change your thoughts. Alter your thoughts and you alter your world.