You have to say, whatever it is that I say or do or think or teach must be something that will be consistent with who Jesus Christ was. So that is your ultimate litmus test, not that you've got specific words to say, whatever they may be saying. It is what is being said. They're consistent with the revelation of God that we encounter in Jesus.

Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.

We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.

Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.

True peace must be anchored in justice and an unwavering commitment to universal rights for all humans, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, national origin or any other identity attribute.

It may be a procession of faithful failures that enriches the soil of godly success.

In the end what matters is not how good we are but how good God is. Not how much we love Him but how much He loves us. And God loves us whoever we are, whatever we’ve done or failed to do, whatever we believe or can’t.