The problem sincere Christians have with God often comes down to a wrong understanding of what this life is meant to provide.

The core problem is not that we are too passionate about bad things, but that we are not passionate enough about good things.

The real power in helping somebody to be transformed is not to do something to them but to join with them.

We can't always make life work. But we can always draw near to God. There is a different way to approach our problems. There is a NEW WAY to live.

The goal of our sanctification is that we place Christ on display in the way we love others.

A vision we give to others of who and what they could become has power when it echoes what the spirit has already spoken into their souls.

It is the understanding of others and the awareness of their needs, that the ambassador of CHRIST should strive to cultivate

Following Christ is a wild adventure full or risk, frustration, excitement, and setbacks. It is not an evening stroll in a planned community along a well-manicured path.

I've practiced centering prayer. I've contemplatively prayed. I've prayed liturgically... I've benefited from each, and I still do. In ways you'll see, elements of each style are still with me.

The degree to which we openly express our feelings should be governed, not by fear of reprisal, but by our commitment to loving others.

I hear Jesus telling us to stop negotiating with Him, to stop offering something we think we have in exchange for His blessings.

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and creative strength.

There are those who dance the notes, and those who dance the music.

I don't think about risks much. I just do what I want to do. If you gotta go you gotta go.

Settle for nothing less than the object of your desire.

What's breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?

There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are good.

I make non-fiction partly because I'm not that good of a writer. My talent, if I have any, is in balancing, capturing and directing reality, rather than creating scenarios.

So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.

Social change can be seen as a mosaic, taking that which is broken and creating something new.

I'm excited about the opportunity to go back out there with my teammates and get another chance at this thing [a Super Bowl].