In no other arena is the church at greater risk of losing its calling than in the public square

Grace is everywhere, like lenses that go unnoticed because you are looking through them.

One Harlem preacher likens us to the pink plastic spoons at Baskin Robbins: we give the world a foretaste of what lies ahead, the vision of the Biblical prophets. In a world gone astray we should be activity demonstrating here and now God's will for the planet.

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

It's easy to fall into the trap of feeling like you've heard everything before and that you have nothing left to learn.

You can know the law by heart without knowing the heart of it

Forgiveness is the only way to break the cycle of blame-and pain-in a relationship...It does not settle all questions of blame and justice and fairness...But it does allow relationships to start over. In that way, said Solzhenitsyn, we differ from all animals. It is not our capacity to think that makes us different, but our capacity to repent, and to forgive.