Whether we are reading the Bible for the first time or standing in a field in Israel next to a historian and an archaeologist and a scholar, the Bible meets us where we are. That is what truth does

When you forgive somebody, when you are generous, when you withhold judgment, when you love and when you stand up to injustice, you are, in that moment, bringing heaven to earth.

Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth.

Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn’t as bright as it could be.

What we do comes out of who we believe we are.

The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God.

Well, I affirm orthodox Christian faith. I affirm the Nicene Creed. I don't think I'm doing anything terribly new.

The life that you want begins the moment you embrace the life you have because all of it is a miracle.

Often times when I meet atheists and we talk about the god they don’t believe in, we quickly discover that I don’t believe in that god, either.

If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship.

That breath that you just took, that's a gift!

How will I ever learn to forget what I can no longer delete?

Two things are infinite

I have the greatest sympathy with the growth of the socialist party. I think they understand the evils that surround us and hammer them into people's minds better than we Liberals.

If you think confident, you act confident.

The momma bears are demanding, 'Protect our kids.'

I would hold you up. I will ever hold you up and hold you dear, lover mine.

All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.

Bore children, and they stop reading. There's no room for self-indulgence or showing off or setting the scene.

I am proud to be able to claim that, from the age of nineteen, I've managed to earna living entirely as a composer.

Death always before dishonor. (Julian)