I doubt God keeps track of how many arguments we win; God may indeed keep track of how well we love.

When I pray for another person, I am praying for God to open my eyes so that I can see that person as God does, and then enter into the stream of love that God already directs toward that person.

I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will make sense only in reverse.

Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.

In a nutshell, the Bible from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22 tells the story of a God reckless with desire to get his family back.

Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.

The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.

Any discussion of how pain and suffering fit into God's scheme ultimately leads back to the cross.

No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument.

In the stories of extravagant grace given to us by Jesus, there are no loopholes disqualifying us from God's love.

I rejected the church for a time because I found so little grace there. I returned because I found grace nowhere else.

What lies behind us may be mighty. What lies before us may be mightier. But what lies within us is the mightiest of all! Christ within us is the hope of Glory!

It is not enough for the hand to touch a book and turn its pages. The pages of a book must touch the heart.

At His door, what is the difference between Muslim and Christian, virtuous and guilty? At his door all are seekers and He the sought.

You don’t break up with someone just because of an argument, Josh. At least, I don’t.

Worry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die.

[C. Montgomery] Burns is much purer evil than Nixon was. I think it's the purity of his evil that attracts me as a comic character.

I would never want to vilify somebody who considered abortion murder. I was an illegitimate child myself. I may not have existed today.

Love is commitment; love is a relationship that never gives up.

I think that, for sure, we as women should try and realize that it's more about having someone to share.

It occurred to me that there wouldn't be world hunger, if you people would MOVE WHERE THE FOOD IS!!!