“I embrace the term 'evangelical,' if by that we mean a belief that we together can actually work for change in the world, caring for the environment, extending to the poor generosity and kin...”

“Suffering is traumatic and awful and we get angry and we shake our fists at the heavens and we vent and rage and weep. But in the process we discover a new tomorrow, one we never would have...”

“Jesus is God's way of refusing to give up his dream for the world.”

“If anybody didn't have a messiah complex, it was Jesus”

“because God has spoken, and everything else is commentary.”