God has, quite literally, all the time in the world for each one of us.

Some things just have to be believed to be seen.

I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will make sense only in reverse.

The Christian sees the world as a transitional home badly in need of rehab, and we are active agents in that project.

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.

The world says you gain your life by getting more and more and more and more, but Jesus says, 'No, that leads to death. You get it back by giving it away and when you give it away you get it back.'

God loves people because of who God is, not because of who we are.