We can’t expect the nation to operate by Christian principles… but we can expect this of the church.

O God, make the bad people good, and the good people nice

Love is an overarching style of relating to another.

At the heart of the gospel is a God who deliberately surrenders to the wild, irresistable power of love.

I fell in love. It felt exactly like a fall, a head-over-heels tumble into a state of unbearable lightness. The earth tilted on its axis. I did not believe in romantic love at the time, thinking it a human construct, an invention of fourteenth century Italian poets. I was as unprepared for love as I had been for goodness and beauty. Suddenly, my heart seemed swollen, too large for my chest.

Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.

Grace is a free gift of God, but to receive a gift you must have open hands.