With the early Christians you couldn't have God as your father unless you have the church as your mother. This isn't accepting the church as a perfect thing.

Perhaps there is no more dangerous place for a Christian to be than in safety and comfort, detached from the suffering of others.

The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an elephant, or an eagle, but a slaughtered lamb.

Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived.

All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tiptoe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tiptoe.

How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday?

God comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.

When we ask God to move a mountain, God may give us a shovel.

There are some things to die for but none to kill for.

It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become genuine friends and family with whom we laugh, cry, dream and struggle.

I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me.

Popularity gives you power only over people who care about being popular. Ostracism gives you power only over those who fear being ostracized.

Something tells me that Alex has some demons and I can tell you from experience that those suckers don't go down easy.

Not every given chance deserves love, but every love deserves a given chance.

It’s not like your soul gets older. It gets wiser.

Yes, darling, let me cover your face with kisses-On second thought, just let me cover your face

If something doesn't work, it becomes obvious immediately. This just isn't going to work.

Alternative music is no longer alternative once it’s in the mainstream.

You can always follow me on Tweeter.

I'm a good actress. That's why you know me as likable.

Angry Birds is a very simple idea but its one of those games that I immediately appreciated when I first started playing, before wishing that I had been the one to come up with the idea first.