Two opposing gospels are fighting one another for the soul of our nation and, increasingly, the world: the gospel of consumption and the gospel of peace.

What you do is your history. What you set in motion is your legacy.

I only want to write one thing over the doorpost to my heart and life: “Jesus Christ lives here.

When I was learned, knowledge was everything. Now that I'm a learner, kindness is everything.

When Jesus got to the point when most people today are thinking of retirement, he goes - 'time to save the world!'

The teachings of Jesus begin in story and end in symbol - they begin in parable and end in us. These are not Bible stories that we learn; these are our stories.

Energy-fire experiences take us into ourselves only that we might reach outside of ourselves. Metanoia is a de-centering experience of connected-ness and community. It is not an exercise in reciting what Jesus has done for me lately. Energy-fire ecstasy, more a buzz than a binge, takes us out of ourselves, literally. That is the meaning of the word 'ecstatic.'