When any sector of the Church stops learning, God simply overflows the structures that are in the way and works outside them with those willing to learn.

It's not about the church meeting your needs; it's about joining the mission of God's people to meet the world's needs.

To be a Christian in a generously orthodox way is not to claim to have the truth captured, stuffed, and mounted on the wall

We need not a new set of beliefs, but a new way of believing, not simply new answers to the same old questions, but a new set of questions.

I had to face the possibility that the art of living in the way of Jesus was no longer carried on in a holistic way by any single tradition.

I’m sure I am wrong about many things, although I’m not sure exactly which things I’m wrong about. I’m even sure I’m wrong about what I think I’m right about in at least some cases.

Too often we see the Bible through whatever lens we get from our culture.

... why are so many religious people arguing about the origin of the species but so few concerned about the extinction of the species?

Ultimately, I hope Jesus will save Buddhism, Islam and every other religion, including the Christian religion, which often seems to need saving about as much as any other religion does.

The Christian faith, I am proposing, should become (in the name of Jesus Christ) a welcome friend to other religions of the world, not a threat

I love writers who are insightful enough to be cynical but choose not to be.

As for the journey of life

You don’t really need to be intelligent to be a 'top student.' All that you have to do is to forget the least in an exam.

If matters go badly now they will not always be so.

Get outside. Watch the sunrise. Watch the sunset. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel big or tiny? Because there's something good about feeling both.

I don't really know that there's any real rules for songwriting.

I don't want to be the president of the world. I'm the President of the United States.

Love is selflessness and self-fullness; it can only be known deeply with an open, vulnerable heart.

The unexpected connection is more powerful than one that is obvious.

How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.

I am only as good as my children are.