Our prayers should arise out of immersion in the Scripture. [We] speak only to the degree we are spoken to.

Change happens not just by giving the mind new arguments but also by feeding the imagination new beauties

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

Job never saw why he suffered, but he saw God, and that was enough.

All I know is, if I don't care about the poor, if my church doesn't care about the poor, that's evil.

Jesus does not divide the world into the moral "good guys" and the immoral "bad guys". He shows us that everyone is dedicated to a project of self-salvation, to using God and others in order to get power and control for themselves. We are just going about it in different ways. Even though both sons are wrong, however, the father cares for them and invites them both back into his love and feast.

Every treasure on this earth says, 'Give your life to purchase me.' Jesus says 'I'm the one treasure who died to purchase you.'