It's essential for us to develop an imagination that is participatory. Art is the primary way in which this happens. It's the primary way in which we become what we see or hear.

Neither the adventure of goodness nor the pursuit of righteousness gets headlines.

Like the sacramental use of water and bread and wine, friendship takes what's common in human experience and turns it into something holy.

Religion is a very scary thing, because a pastor is in a position of power. And if you use that power badly, you ruin people's lives, and you ruin your own life.

It's essential for us to develop an imagination that is participatory. Art is the primary way in which this happens. It's the primary way in which we become what we see or hear.

Prayer gets us in on what God is doing.

Suffering attracts fixers the way road-kills attract vultures.