Whatever else it is, the kingdom of God is decidedly not a call to violent revolution.

Goodness cannot be imposed externally, from the top down; it must grow internally, from the bottom up.

In a nutshell, the Bible from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22 tells the story of a God reckless with desire to get his family back.

If God doesn't want something for me, then I shouldn't want it either.

Life with God is an individual matter, and general formulas do not easily apply.

The world is not against you, but the world is a place where bad things happen. It's just true. Airlines crash, people do evil things. A lot of bad things happen and it causes pain.

Pain narrows vision. The most private of sensations, it forces us to think of ourselves and little else.