Competence is a big word. It is important. I almost want to nuance it with the idea of giftedness because sometimes you can teach a lot of skills on exposition but a person may not have the competence or the giftedness to do it. Therefore, it is very important to have that.

Where the eye is focused, there the imagination finds its raw material. The right focus must be won at immense cost and discipline. Train the eye to see the good, and the imagination will follow suit.

Isn't it ironic that after 70 years Russia wants God back while we are trying to kick him out?

The old Indian proverb holds true. Once you've cut off a person's nose, there's no point in giving him a rose to smell.

It can be frustrating to see how society has taken the sacred out of everything.

The older we become, the more difficult it is to fill our hearts with wonder. Only God is big enough to keep filling us with wonder.

The church should provide a setting in which people can express their questions.