The question for me is not are we political, but how are we political? We need to be politically engaged, but peculiar in how we engage.

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.

If thou wouldst seek justice, thyself must be just.

Be patient and wait for due harvest.

Your neighbors will be envious of your 3D printer - and if they're not, just print new neighbors. Design them so they'll like to bring you pies, maybe, or want to do your yard work for you.

True country music is honesty, sincerity, and real life to the hilt.

I don't think young people need to see the face of the deceased.

It's true that all men are pigs. The trick is to tame one who knows how to find truffles.

Unfortunately I'm still not a fashion expert.

Only a Scotsman can really survive a Scottish education.

Unfortunately, every time I have somebody play an instrument, it's always like, they don't know how to do it.

Forgiveness does not absolve you from consequences.