I go to church as an expression of my need for God and for God's family.

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

One who has been touched by grace will no longer look on those who stray as "those evil people" or "those poor people who need our help." Nor must we search for signs of "loveworthiness." Grace teaches us that God loves because of who God is, not because of who we are.

I never see God. I seldom run into visual clues that remind me of God unless I am looking. The act of looking, the pursuit itself, makes possible the encounter. For this reason, Christianity has always insisted that trust and obedience come first, and knowledge follows.

Misunderstanding must be nakedly exposed before true understanding can begin to flourish.

If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer.

... we need to reclaim the "goodnewness" of the gospel, and the best place to start is to rediscover the good news ourselves.