Prayer is a grace through which we pour ourselves out before God and through which He calls us into His presence.

Forged in the fires of human passion, choking on the fumes of human rage, with these out hells and our heavens, so few inches apart, we must be awfully small, and not as strong as we think we are.

The only man I envy is the man who has not yet been to Africa- for he has so much to look forward to.

I think a lot of parents hand people over a blueprint and say, This is how youre supposed to do it. And my parents, I think, kind of drew a picture and said, Heres the good stuff in life. How do you get there?

Be praised for all Your tenderness by these works of Your hands, suns that rise and rains that fall to bless and bring to life Your land. Look down upon this winter wheat and be glad that You have made blue for the sky and the color green that fills Your fields with praise.

What I like about the Bible is that it doesn't make sense, which makes it more like truth than anything else I've ever read.

There's a difference, you know, between faith and playing make-believe. One will make you grow. The other one will make you sleep.