The Christian faith, I am proposing, should become (in the name of Jesus Christ) a welcome friend to other religions of the world, not a threat

It's not about the church meeting your needs; it's about joining the mission of God's people to meet the world's needs.

To be a Christian in a generously orthodox way is not to claim to have the truth captured, stuffed, and mounted on the wall

When any sector of the Church stops learning, God simply overflows the structures that are in the way and works outside them with those willing to learn.

We need not a new set of beliefs, but a new way of believing, not simply new answers to the same old questions, but a new set of questions.

I had to face the possibility that the art of living in the way of Jesus was no longer carried on in a holistic way by any single tradition.

I’m sure I am wrong about many things, although I’m not sure exactly which things I’m wrong about. I’m even sure I’m wrong about what I think I’m right about in at least some cases.

Too often we see the Bible through whatever lens we get from our culture.

... why are so many religious people arguing about the origin of the species but so few concerned about the extinction of the species?

Ultimately, I hope Jesus will save Buddhism, Islam and every other religion, including the Christian religion, which often seems to need saving about as much as any other religion does.

I love writers who are insightful enough to be cynical but choose not to be.

I wasn't planning to lead, I was standing in the back and then everyone turned around.

I see you young and soft oh little baby Little feet, little hands, little baby One year of crying and the words creep up inside Creep into your mind So much to say

The time has arrived when patience becomes a crime and mayhem appears garbed in a manner of virtue

To recognize causes is to think, and through thought alone feelings become knowledge and are not lost, but become real and begin to mature.

The Church which taught men not to keep faith with heretics, had no claim to toleration.

If you don't tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth about your own life, someone may claim the right to tell it for you.

The Indian bowlers picked me for sledging when I was batting well. They called me school boy. But I was enjoying it and I had answered it with my bat.

Oh," he said to Kiyo, voice completely devoid of emotion. "I see. It's your turn again.

It is noble to grant life to the vanquished. [Lat., Pulchrum est vitam donare minori.]

Unlike art, the consumption of fashion is not based primarily on knowledge or education but functions through visual awareness, a type of sensuality and perception of the corporeal self.