God comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.

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?

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.

I wondered if there were other restless people asking the question with me: What if Jesus meant the stuff he said?.

To a shameful extent, the charm of marriage boils down to how unpleasant it is to be alone.

I really knew I wanted to be Adam, because Adam was the first man. Ant I chose because, if there's a nuclear explosion, the ants will survive.

Feminism without femininity is a sham.

Never lie in bed at night asking yourself questions you can't answer.

I would love to spend a year living in New York; I've wanted to do that since I was 18. I'll be really disappointed if I'm 50 and haven't done something like that.

Your words have power. Find words that unite. Find words that unify.

With your own children, you love them immediately - and with grandchildren, it's exactly the same.

The only gift is giving to the poor; All else is exchange.

True love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven: It is not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes soon as granted fly; It liveth not in fierce desire.

I have a theory that if you've got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you're probably better off at boarding school.