In terms of distance, the prodigal's pigsty is the farthest point from home; in terms of time, the pigsty is the shortest distance to the father's house.

Everybody is born free. Not everybody is worthy of freedom.

Negative freedom is freedom from - freedom from oppression, whether it's a colonial power or addiction to alcohol oppressing you. You need to be freed from negative freedom. Positive freedom is freedom for, freedom to be. And that's what's routinely ignored today.

Making the world safe for diversity, is one of the greatest tasks we face in the global era.

The story of Christian reformation, revival, and renaissance underscores that the darkest hour is often just before the dawn, so we should always be people of hope and prayer, not gloom and defeatism. God the Holy Spirit can turn the situation around in five minutes.

We human beings are never happier than when we are expressing the deepest gifts that are truly us.

Calling is not only a matter of being and doing what we are but also of becoming what we are not yet but are called by God to be.