A lot of the world looks to the United States, whether we like it or not.

Perhaps there is no more dangerous place for a Christian to be than in safety and comfort, detached from the suffering of others.

The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an elephant, or an eagle, but a slaughtered lamb.

Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived.

All around you, people will be tiptoeing through life, just to arrive at death safely. But dear children, do not tiptoe. Run, hop, skip, or dance, just don't tiptoe.

How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday?

God comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.

When we ask God to move a mountain, God may give us a shovel.

There are some things to die for but none to kill for.

It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become genuine friends and family with whom we laugh, cry, dream and struggle.

I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me.

Rainbows earn their brightest colors in the storm.

You can count your days or make your days count for something. The choice is yours.

Most people who are activists and are concerned about issues get their information from sources which reinforce their opinions and give them the facts that they want to hear.

Surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone.

I've been a serial monogamist my whole life so I think at this point I'm just going to take a break.

In painting you must give the idea of the true by means of the false.

A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is true.

Talented performers flock to the best and brightest leaders, and these leaders in turn lift the lids off their people and uncork the latent talent inside of them.

What better portrait of a writer than to show a man who has been bewitched by books?

It's always funny to find what people's button is.