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.

If anybody didn't have a messiah complex, it was Jesus.

The ancient Hebrews had a word for this awareness of the importance of things. They called it kavod. Kavod originally was a business term, referring to the heaviness of something, which was crucial in weights and measures and the maintaining of fairness in transactions. Over time the word began to take on a more figurative meaning, referring to the importance and significance of something.

I like to say that I practice militant mysticism. I'm really absolutely sure of some things that I don't quite know.

The interactions I have are with people who are very kind and very grateful and they say very overwhelming things to me. Somebody who doesn't like what I do or doesn't understand it, then it wasn't for them.

I think the church needs – I think this is the world we are living in and we need to affirm people wherever they are.

When I talk about the God who is with us, for us, and ahead of us, I'm talking about our facing that which most terrifies us about ourselves, embracing it and fearing it no longer, refusing to allow it to exist separate from the rest of our being, resting assured that we are loved and we belong and we are going to be just fine.