We need not a new set of beliefs, but a new way of believing, not simply new answers to the same old questions, but a new set of questions.

It's not about the church meeting your needs; it's about joining the mission of God's people to meet the world's needs.

To be a Christian in a generously orthodox way is not to claim to have the truth captured, stuffed, and mounted on the wall

When any sector of the Church stops learning, God simply overflows the structures that are in the way and works outside them with those willing to learn.

I had to face the possibility that the art of living in the way of Jesus was no longer carried on in a holistic way by any single tradition.

I’m sure I am wrong about many things, although I’m not sure exactly which things I’m wrong about. I’m even sure I’m wrong about what I think I’m right about in at least some cases.

Too often we see the Bible through whatever lens we get from our culture.

... why are so many religious people arguing about the origin of the species but so few concerned about the extinction of the species?

Ultimately, I hope Jesus will save Buddhism, Islam and every other religion, including the Christian religion, which often seems to need saving about as much as any other religion does.

The Christian faith, I am proposing, should become (in the name of Jesus Christ) a welcome friend to other religions of the world, not a threat

I love writers who are insightful enough to be cynical but choose not to be.

Today he failed to change the world. As for tomorrow, who can tell?

You have to be a really talented writer if you're trying to encapsulate a news story with a song and have it live after the event. I don't have the focus to do that, really.

A myth is a lie that conveys a truth.

That's what they [ISIS] did, they chopped off heads. That's what we have ... [to do].

Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do.

When people looked at him they had the feeling of being shut out. He did not shut them out. He shut himself in.

Our garage was basically science fair central.

Maybe there wasn't much hot water in the showers. I'm not sure.

If I was an owl, I would peck your eyes out. Wow this lyric is ****ing brilliant.

My only want and wish, really, was to tell a good story. I wanted to do good work, tell a good story, and give the character a voice. Those were my only expectations.