The role of the pastor is to embody the gospel. And of course to get it embodied, which you can only do with individuals, not in the abstract.

When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn't go off and leave us- he enters into our trouble and saves us.

All the persons of faith I know are sinners, doubters, uneven performers. We are secure not because we are sure of ourselves but because we trust that God is sure of us.

One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.

Wisdom is the art of living skillfully in whatever actual conditions we find ourselves.

Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship.

Prayer is the disciplined refusal to act before God acts.

No life of faith can be lived privately. There must be overflow into the lives of others.

Worship does not satisfy our hunger for God; it whets our appetite.

I will not try to run my own life or the lives of others; that is God's business.

Waiting means going about our assigned tasks, confident that God will provide the meaning and the conclusions.

We may not stay quick, If we are weak or sage, but a lot can squeak As we start to age.

Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.

I don't have opinions. Only if it is necessary for a particular action, I make a judgment. Opinions are fetters for your intelligence.

Family connexions were always worth preserving, good company always worth seeking.

I have the same themes over and over again. How I'm saying it keeps changing or growing.

The task is not just to understand the world but to change it.

Its better to live a goat than 100 sheep.

Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.

I have always wanted an adventurous life. It took a long time to realize that I was the only one who could make an adventurous life happen to me.

The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society any status short of that is inferior, unjust, and unconstitutional.