The world is desperately in need of people who will break themselves open and pour themselves out for the reconciliation of all things- that's what the world needs.

Swords appear strong, but they're actually quite weak. Jesus appears weak, but he's actually quite strong.

It often appears that those who talk the most about going to heaven when you die talk the least about bringing heaven to earth right now, as Jesus taught us to pray: 'Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.' At the same time, it often appears that those who talk the most about relieving suffering now talk the least about heaven when we die.

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

Our tendency in the midst of suffering is to turn on God. To get angry and bitter and shake our fist at the sky and say, "God, you don't know what it's like! You don't understand! You have no idea what I'm going through. You don't have a clue how much this hurts." The cross is God's way of taking away all of our accusations, excuses, and arguments. The cross is God taking on flesh and blood and saying, "Me too.

The life that you want begins the moment you embrace the life you have because all of it is a miracle.

If your faith is threatened by something that's true, then it wasn't much of a faith to begin with, was it?