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.

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.

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.

I rejected the church for a time because I found so little grace there. I returned because I found grace nowhere else.

We both know dad was my parental trash can, the fatherly receptacle on whom I dumped my emotions.

Do not ever get agitated by provoking thoughts and actions. Always keep your calm. This will shame the alien.

Our prayers run along one road and God's answers by another, and by and by they meet.

I have never heard a president in bad times running against - let's face it, that's what he's doing here - running against bad times, when he's the presiding officer.

Atlanta is not like New York, where everybody piles into one place.

I believe with all my heart that civilization has produced nothing finer than a man or woman who thinks and practices true tolerance.

Here lies Gomez Addams -- he was good for nothing.

Time management is the key. Although it seems hectic, as long as you manage your time properly you can get everything done.

The first money I ever earned was for drawing stone tools.

We do pray for mercy, and that same prayer doth teach us all to render the deeds of mercy.