The Christian sees the world as a transitional home badly in need of rehab, and we are active agents in that project.

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

What we call miracles is just what's supposed to happen. We either go with it or stand in its way.

I got nothing to lose cause i got nothing.

I am Evanescence. I am the only original member. I have basically hired the band. Evanescence has become me. It is mine and it's exactly how I want it to be.

Listen! There was never an artistic period. There was never an art-loving nation.

Nobody expects you to exhibit godlike strength, excepting maybe yourself.

I assume everything I'm saying in an email or saying on the telephone is being looked at.

I always have a lot of personal goals, but primarily my main goal each year is to obviously win a Super Bowl.

If there was ever an aviary overstocked with jays it is that Yaptouwn on the Hudson called New York

As we learned a bitter lesson with the launch of the Nintendo 3DS, we are trying to take every possible measure so that the Wii U will have a successful launch.

The American dream is not over. America is an adventure.