The more we love, and the more unlikely people we love, the more we resemble God - who, after all, loves ornery creatures like us.

When I pray for another person, I am praying for God to open my eyes so that I can see that person as God does, and then enter into the stream of love that God already directs toward that person.

I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will make sense only in reverse.

Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.

In a nutshell, the Bible from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22 tells the story of a God reckless with desire to get his family back.

Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.

The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.

Any discussion of how pain and suffering fit into God's scheme ultimately leads back to the cross.

No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument.

In the stories of extravagant grace given to us by Jesus, there are no loopholes disqualifying us from God's love.

I doubt God keeps track of how many arguments we win; God may indeed keep track of how well we love.

I do want more. I am not content with being happy. I was not made for it. It is not my destiny. My destiny is the opposite.

Sometimes we hold the world in our hands, but in our greed for more let it fall, losing everything that we once had.

True sacrifice is merely self-control.

One important part of historical recording is to get people of another generation to understand the feelings, the passion that went into social transformation. That's why oral history is so valuable.

The cultural transformation from the love of power to the power of love is the drama of our time.

As you tumble to the ground, pick me up on your way down.

The qualities which a man seeks in his beloved are those characteristics of his own soul, whether he knows it or not.

Ah, books." Ziegler, smiling, came up behind me. "They bob like corks on an ocean. Float between worlds, messages in bottles.

Get rid of IRS; get rid of income tax; get rid of spending.

Certainly you will have doubts. There will be questionings and faith will return again. That is how faith is established.