The moment the organic unity of belief and behaviour is damaged in any way, we are incapable of living out the full humanity for which we were created.

Classically, there are three ways in which humans try to find transcendence--religious meaning--apart from God as revealed through the cross of Jesus: through the ecstasy of alcohol and drugs, through the ecstasy of recreational sex, through the ecstasy of crowds. Church leaders frequently warn against the drugs and the sex, but at least, in America, almost never against the crowds.

One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.

The life of faith is a daily exploration of the constant and countless ways in which Gods grace and love are expereinced

I didn't write because I had anything to say, but in order to find out what there was to say.

Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship.

Stories are verbal acts of hospitality.