The life of faith is a daily exploration of the constant and countless ways in which Gods grace and love are expereinced

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.

The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.

The rage for railroads is so great that many will be laid in parts where they will not pay.

Sometimes it's the smallest secrets that hold the most hope, the most fun, the most danger.

They're only truly great who are truly good.

Our past is a novel that we are constantly revising.

That, let us rail at women, scorn and flout 'em, We may live with, but cannot live without 'em.

Don't die like I did.

Our biggest national security threat is the environmental destruction of our planet and the arms race with ourselves.

I can understand; you are really in a mess and there is no way out. I have heard that there are three rings of love: the engagement ring, the wedding ring and the suffer-ring.

Children at certain ages have distinct actions, and boys at certain ages have a particular way of acting too.