Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.

Sometimes I feel like the most liberal person among conservatives, and sometimes like the most conservative among liberals.

Often, it seems, we're [Christians] perceived more as guilt dispensers than as grace dispensers.

People want to go back to those old days, but it's probably not going to happen.

The more we love, and the more unlikely people we love, the more we resemble God - who, after all, loves ornery creatures like us.

We do well to remember that the Bible has far more to say about how to live during the journey than about the ultimate destination.

[Jesus] invoked a different kind of power: love, not coercion.