The Bible makes it clear that every time that there is a story of faith, it is completely original. God's creative genius is endless.

When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn't go off and leave us- he enters into our trouble and saves us.

All the persons of faith I know are sinners, doubters, uneven performers. We are secure not because we are sure of ourselves but because we trust that God is sure of us.

One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.

Wisdom is the art of living skillfully in whatever actual conditions we find ourselves.

Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship.

Prayer is the disciplined refusal to act before God acts.

No life of faith can be lived privately. There must be overflow into the lives of others.

Worship does not satisfy our hunger for God; it whets our appetite.

I will not try to run my own life or the lives of others; that is God's business.

Waiting means going about our assigned tasks, confident that God will provide the meaning and the conclusions.

If the great Phil Ochs were to rise from the dead today, he would probably be hailed as the new David Rovics.

I got to play on a couple of records with the Rolling Stones, and that was really special to me.

Intent is what sends a shaman through a wall, through space, to infinity.

You need, as a historian, essential triangulation from your subject and the only way you get that triangulation is through time.

There's a huge gap in the market for modern online marketing and business education for women that's effective, fun, and gorgeous to engage with. I knew I could fill that gap.

You can smile when your heart is breaking because you are a woman, and a courtier, and a Howard. That's three reasons for being the most deceitful creature on God's earth.

John Wilkes Booth, who said, Sorry, I thought he was a critic. Never got a dinner!

A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.

In the past, most wars were motivated by the idea of nationhood. Today, however, wars are incited above all using religion as an excuse.

Information about money is more important than money itself.