A Christian isn't necessarily any nicer than anybody else, just better informed.

When someone we love suffers, we suffer with that person, and we would not have it otherwise, because the suffering and the love are one, just as it is with God's love for us.

The magic of words is that they have power to do more than convey meaning; not only do they have the power to make things clear, they make things happen.

A miracle is when the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. A miracle is when one plus one equals a thousand.

If preachers decide to preach about hope, let them preach out of what they themselves hope for.

Wherever people love each other and are true to each other and take risks for each other, God is with them and for them and they are doing God's will.

I don't think Christ would give a hoot whether you mentioned Christ to them or not. What matters - I'm speaking arrogantly and absurdly - to him is, are you living the kind of life that I embodied? Whether you believe in Christ or don't, who cares?