All I have learned through trial and error is to stay alert and aware, especially God smiling @ our silliness.

I believe that the real difference in the American church is not between conservatives and liberals, fundamentalists and charismatics, nor between Republicans and Democrats. The real difference is between the aware and the unaware.

A ragamuffin knows he's only a beggar at the door of God's mercy.

Without fear I can acknowledge that the authentic Christian tension is not between life and death, but between life and life.

I could more easily contain Niagara Falls in a teacup than I can comprehend the wild, uncontainable love of God.

Jesus comes for sinners, for those outcast...and those caught up in squalid choices and failed dreams.

To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and what God's grace means.