I rejected the church for a time because I found so little grace there. I returned because I found grace nowhere else.

Whatever makes us feel superior to other people, whatever tempts us to convey a sense of superiority, that is the gravity of our sinful nature, not grace.

When suffering happens, it forces us to confront life in a different way than we normally do.

Some of us seem so anxious about avoiding hell that we forget to celebrate our journey toward heaven.

The things, good Lord, that we pray for, give us the grace to labour for', as Sir Thomas More expressed it. The inner voice of prayer expresses itself naturally in action, just as the inner voice of my brain guides all my bodily actions.

Christian faith is... basically about love and being loved and reconciliation. These things are so important, they're foundational and they can transform individuals, families.

I doubt God keeps track of how many arguments we win; God may indeed keep track of how well we love.