If America is too arrogant, too prideful to repent, it's not the kind of country that God wants it to be.

Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.

I've always been skeptical of those television healers who are bald. If I had that gift, that'd be the first thing I'd fix.

Clinton's successor in the White House, George W. Bush, was committed to expanding government spending for faith-based initiatives.

Sigmund Freud was the apostle of disbelief. He was the one who made psychoanalysis a part of our culture, and in so doing he kicked out a flying buttress that had been essential for holding up our cathedral of faith.

When in fact we live in a society that makes life hell for gays and lesbians, this community has got to stand up and say, ‘We’re on your side as you struggle for dignity,’ and, ‘Yes, we will defy anybody who says otherwise, even if we have to go to Disneyland to prove it.’

It seems to me that when we listen to the Muslim mystics as they talk about Jesus and their love for Jesus, I must say, it’s a lot closer to New Testament Christianity than a lot of the Christians that I hear. In other words if we are looking for common ground, can we find it in mystical spirituality, even if we cannot theologically agree, Can we pray together in such a way that we connect with a God that transcends our theological differences?