When someone sets out to be controversial or provocative or shocking as an end in itself, I don't think that's a noble goal.

It is such a letdown to rise from the dead and have your friends not recognize you.

To me some of the greatest writing is when somebody puts something in words that you felt and experienced and you go, that's it.

One truth is that suffering raises profound questions with the universe. The other truth is that grace, gift and generosity also raise profound questions.

We shape our God, and then our God shapes us.

Any time someone makes you feel guilty about how you are living, that is part of the old system (pre-Christ).

Christian is a great noun and a poor adjective