If Jesus had never lived, we would not have been able to invent him.

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

Whenever faith seems an entitlement, or a measuring rod, we cast our lots with the Pharisees and grace softly slips away.

I have yet to find any support in the Bible for an attitude of smugness: Ah, they deserve their punishment; watch them squirm.

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

Dependence, humility, simplicity, cooperation, and a sense of abandon are qualities greatly prized in the spiritual life, but extremely elusive for people who live in comfort.

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