To give the whole store away to match what this year's market says the unchurched want is to have the people who know least about the faith determine most about its expression.

A saint has to be a misfit. A person who embodies what his culture considers typical or normal cannot be exemplary.

God, through Jesus Christ, welcomes you anyhow.

The people who are good at being civil often lack strong convictions and people who have strong convictions often lack civility.

All the truly deep people have at the core of their being the genius to be simple or to know how to seek simplicity

If you go deep enough into any faith tradition, you find the common ground with all faith traditions.

I have a hard time picturing several aspects of the modern world without Luther.

Each conquest of distance reveals greater distance.

Magic isn’t a far-off phenomenon.

Without a mission and a sense of whom you write for, you aren't worth reading.

I have fallen in love so many times. If one relationship ended, I would search for another girl. I was always madly in love with all the girls that I dated.

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.

Lies had deserted me, and I felt as lonely as though they had been my only friends.

You'll fold faster than Superman on laundry day

I'm really into strong, female roles - but they don't have to necessarily be loud - I'm just as interested in introverts too.

The Child Custody Protection Act makes it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines for the purpose of obtaining an abortion.

The English have a heavy hearted way of amusing themselves.

Struggling with the world and having the problem of you vs. the world is a really big problem. You're going to lose because the world is so much bigger than you, and longer lasting.