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.

I rejected the church for a time because I found so little grace there. I returned because I found grace nowhere else.

Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road.

I set out to discover the why of it, and to transform my pleasure into knowledge.

It took bold and noble men and women of wisdom and grit to mould America!

There is power, value, happiness and fulfillment in a life of purpose.

When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability, and gathering speed in their forward charge, they fail to see the cliff ahead of them

One thing that seems to surprise the studios is finding out later my willingness to audition. Under the right circumstances, I actually enjoy it very much.

Like a lot of Black women, I have always had to invent the power my freedom requires.

If we manage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.

I don't mind talking about my two daughters, but I don't feel comfortable denying them their privacy.

Neither Christ nor Buddha nor Socrates wrote a book, for to do so is to exchange life for a logical process.