No good deed ever goes wasted.

Given the unfairness that strikes so many people in life, I would rather believe in a God of limited power and unlimited love and justice, rather than the other way around.

Prayer is simply coming into the presence of God. Because when you come into the presence of God, even the things you don't have matter a lot less.

We do ourselves and others a disservice when we make old age something to be feared. Life is not a resource to be used up, so that the older we get, the less life we have left. Life is the accumulation of wisdom, love and experience of people encountered and obstacles overcome. The longer we live, the more life we possess.

Only a life of goodness and honesty leaves us feeling spiritually healthy and human.

We don't have to be afraid of dying because it's not really death that scares us. We are afraid of not having lived.

Many biblical verses are like inkblot tests, revealing more about us than about the text in question.