Laughter is grace in its gaseous form.

Of all the exotic aromas and experiences from my sojourn in Ethiopia, it’s the frankincense I miss most.

Justice is getting what you deserve. Mercy is not getting what you deserve. And grace is getting what you absolutely don't deserve. ...... benign good will. unprovoked compassion. the unearnable gift

Grace has a way of sneaking up on you like that. When you least deserve it.

Music is a vehicle that propels me and so many other people toward a place we might call grace.

Trying to explain or define grace is like catching the wind in a cardboard box or describing the color green.

Grace doesn't obsess with ourselves. It obsesses with people and with brokenness. This is a hard place to live, but God is bigger than hard places to live.

Good morning, God. Another beautiful day. I'm still here, and so is the sun. Thank you. Right, now let's get down to business.

Maybe that's why Jesus was so fond of parables: Nothing describes the indescribable like a good yarn.

Today’s life is tomorrow’s career and yesterday’s history, live it well.

I know not by what power I am drawn to you, but it is as a moth is drawn to the flame, and I cannot fight it, I must be consumed.

But every tomorrow has led to today— to us being alone, hungry, and cold on an unknown island somewhere in the South Pacific.

Disapproving and boycotting is the Quranic thing to do, whereas violence and threats are not.

Hold no more stocks than you can remain informed on.

In the beginning was simplicity.

We need more Democrats in the Senate -Like Custer needed more arrows.

The point is to get a good rhythm, to make it mindless, almost as a daydream. To walk like breathing. To make it what the body wants, what the air wants, what time wants.

People put you down because you're above them.