For me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of Jesus Christ.

The Good News of the gospel of grace cries out: We are all, equally, privileged but unentitled beggars at the door of God's mercy!

There is an extraordinary power in storytelling that stirs the imagination and makes an indelible impression on the mind.

I you think you've done it, then you're wrong. Because you're not finished until you have achieved everything that you never thought you could.

Do the truth quietly without display.

The loss of transcendence has left in its wake the flotsam of distrustful, cynical Christians, angry at a capricious God, and the jetsam of smug bibilolatrists who claim to know precisely what God is thinking and exactly what he plans to do.

One of the the loveliest lines I have ever read comes from Brother Roger, the Prior of the Protestant monks of Taize, France: 'Assured of your salvation by the unique grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.' It is still difficult for me to read these words without tears filling my eyes. It is wonderful.