There's a world of difference . . . between that information to which we now presumably have access by way of computers, libraries, and the rest of it, great stockpiles of data, and the knowledge that people have in their bones by which they do good work and live good lives.

Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.

The world is whole beyond human knowing.

Some nights in the midst of this loneliness I swung among the scattered stars at the end of the thin thread of faith alone.

To have good farming or good land use of any kind, you have got to have limits. Capitalism doesn't acknowledge limits.

It's kind of alarming for me to realize that, when I'm writing stories about times I remember, it's already historical fiction.

The Christian gospel is a summons to peace, calling for justice beyond anger, mercy beyond justice, forgiveness beyond mercy, love beyond forgiveness.