We do well to remember that the Bible has far more to say about how to live during the journey than about the ultimate destination.

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.

Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.

You cannot teach a person anything who does not want to learn.

See yourself in a mirror, you are a human first than anything else.

None knows the weight of another's burden.

We are the sum of our actions, and therefore our habits make all the difference.

Let mourning stop when one's grief is fully expressed.

Where I am death is not, where death is I am not.

Contrast is the dramatist's method.

Man believes in the possible, but God believes in the impossible.

A form comes out of a combination of force and matter.