…because he was far more interested in allowing his disciples to cultivate a relationship and trust with and in him than leading them to a place of "arrival".

…the weapon he used to transform the world was love.

The moment we begin to believe we have got something about God figured out with certainty is the moment we can be sure we are no longer speaking about God.

Wonder is the antidote to religion.

How easy it is for us to demonise from a distance. But when we stand face to face with our supposed enemy, it is hard to hate.

…Jesus spent more time eating, drinking and lounging with 'tax collectors and sinners' than explaining the Roman Roadmap to Heaven or undermining their belief system.

What are we to do when we seem to grow out of God? Or at least the understanding of God that we grew up with?

Allowing myself to wander off into the vast jungles of religion and spirituality has often led to me stumbling upon life altering new ways of thinking, living, and being.

But it's only when we allow ourselves to get lost that we can have the opportunity to find and be found.

…those who are the most confident are often those who don't have any fun.

If they're not willing to explore beyond the realm of their safety, certainty, and comfort, they will never know if their fantasies are true.

The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases.

God schedules a birthday, not man.

Maybe I am just an old fool with foolish thoughts, but those foolish thoughts allow this old fool to sleep quite comfortably at night.

I may be smelly and I may be old, Rough in my pebbles, reedy in my pools, But where my fish float by I bless their swimming, And I like the people to bathe in me especially women.

Occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium difficile."..' Opportunity is fleeting, experiment dangerous, and judgement difficult.

You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.

How big can we get before we get bad?

We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

This war is not necessary. We are truly sleepwalking through history.