If I sit next to a madman as he drives a car into a group of innocent bystanders, I can't, as a Christian, simply wait for the catastrophe, then comfort the wounded and bury the dead. I must try to wrestle the steering wheel out of the hands of the driver.

While it is good that we seek to know the Holy One, it is probably not so good to presume that we ever complete the task.

The church is not a religious community of worshippers of Christ but is Christ himself who has taken form among people.

He who loves community destroys community; he who loves the brethren builds community.

Do not try to make the Bible relevant. Its relevance is axiomatic.

We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.

Death reveals that the world is not as it should be but that it stands in need of redemption. Christ alone is the conquering of death.