Jesus' response to suffering people and to "nobodies" provides a glimpse into the heart of God. God is not the unmoved Absolute, but rather the Loving One who draws near.

Never do I see Jesus lecturing people on the need to accept blindness or lameness as an expression of God's secret will; rather, he healed them.

Whatever else we may say about it, the atonement fulfills the Jewish principle that only one who has been hurt can forgive. At Calvary, God chose to be hurt.

The presence of another caring person doubles the amount of pain a person can endure.

The giants of the faith all had one thing in common: neither victory nor success, but passion.

Grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us more . . . And grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us less

The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.