When I am tempted to complain about God's lack of presence, I remind myself that God has much more reason to complain about my lack of presence.

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.

Life is a succesion of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam I looked into the soul of the boy next to me.

She lives in Mojave in a Winnebago. His name is Bobby, he looks like a potato.

Good people drink good beer.

The only way to abolish war is to make peace seem heroic.

I've known people whose faces rested naturally in a smile and I'm certain their lives were much different because of that.

A real sacrifice involves a radical change in the character of a game which cannot be effected without foresight, fantasy, and the willingness to risk.

I wish we could just stay on the bandstand, it's so peaceful up here.

Periods of change are full of paradoxes. They're difficult but exciting, frightening but freeing. Letting go of old patterns that no longer work for us is exhilarating.

And I realized again that real life is different from reel life.