We might hope to change the world through better, bigger programs to stop global warming, but global warming will not end unless people become less greedy and less wasteful, gaining a fresh vision of what it means to love our global neighbor.

And since we are people of expectation, we are so convinced that another world is coming that we start living as if it were already here.

It's hard to hear the gentle whisper of the Spirit amid the noise of Christendom.

Faith is believing in the impossible because we have a God who is master of impossible.

I like how someone once said being a Christian is not about having new ideas but having new eyes. This is the ability to have our hearts broken with the things that break the heart of God. That is part of what it means to be a Christian.

[Jesus] said that they will know we are Christians - not by our bumper stickers and T-shirts - but by our love.

The more recent effort to encourage everyone to pray in common involves so many people.