There is no space in which worship should not take place, no time when it should not occur, and no activity through which it should not happen.

The goal of pursuit of justice must not simply be that justice happens but that reconciliation also happens.

If evangelism isn't an expression of love of neighbor, it isn't Christian evangelizing. And love of neighbor includes not only what I say to the neighbor but how I say that.

Theology is not only about understanding the world; it is about mending the world.

Forgiveness flounders because I exclude the enemy from the community of humans and myself from the community of sinners.

If you take the 'love your enemy' out of Christianity, you've 'unChristianed' the Christian faith.

Christ came to transform us from never enough people - to more than enough people; that through his poverty we may become rich.

For many Americans, Osama bin Laden is the paradigmatic Muslim, an absurd conviction for anyone who has lived with Muslims.

We lead our lives well when we love God with our whole being and when we love neighbors as we (properly) love ourselves.

God is the utterly loving giver. God doesn't just love. God is love.

In a way, fraud in business is no different from infidelity in marriage or plagiarism in scholarly work. Even people committed to high moral standards succumb.

How is your book doing?" or "How many copies have you sold?" are the questions for a salesman. To a writer, you better ask "What did you write today?".

The 'renewed' mind is the canvas on which the Spirit of God can paint.

I've done a lot of collaboration over the years, but right now I'm enjoying writing by myself and just being me again for a while.

If I had my choice I'd hang out anywhere. I mean, it doesn't matter. It's all God; it's all the same. There's only nirvana for the enlightened.

A little smile, a word of cheer, A bit of love from someone near, A little gift from one held dear, Best wishes for the coming year. These make a merry christmas!

Those who do not believe do not pray. This is a good functional definition of faith. Faith prays, unbelief does not.

I need you,ʺ said Lissa. ʺI hear that from women a lot,ʺ said Adrian.

I feel as if God had, by giving the Sabbath, given fifty-two springs in every year.

I'm not used to crying. It's a little difficult. All my life I've had to fight. It's just another fight I'm going to have to learn how to win, that's all. I'm just going to have to keep smiling.

O, Winter! Put away thy snowy pride; O, Spring! Neglect the cowslip and the bell; O, Summer! Throw thy pears and plums aside; O, Autumn! Bid the grape with poison swell.