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

People have no idea how strong a pull sex, money, and power have on them until they try to resist their pull.

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.

The cross is almost a distraction and false advertisement for God.

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.

That in itself is an act of peacemaking, because we're seeking to align our wills with God's will, our dreams with God's dream.

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

When wealth is your god, weapons are your sacrament, and your own children are your sacrifice -

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

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

Jesus called disciples so He could send them out as apostles. They were called together to learn so they could be sent out to teach and serve.

Trying to stop people from learning, sharing, and loving is a losing game because it means working against God and the plotline of God's universe.

If your goal is to produce firefighters and rescue workers, you have to produce people willing to enter burning buildings.

Through study we welcome the light of God into our minds.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

Frankly, our music has too often been shallow, discordant, or played with a wooden concern for technical correctness but without feeling and passion.

I don't think we should give up on ritual. I don't think we should give up on any possible means of experiencing God.

Some people
and I pray I will be one of them
never forget what it was like, which enables them to mentor people of any age.

What today throws at you will force you to become better or bitter for tomorrow; it will push you toward breakdown or breakthrough ...

Our message and methodology have changed, do change, and must change if we are faithful to the ongoing and unchanging mission of Jesus Christ.

Accumulating orthodoxy makes it harder year-by-year to be a Christian than it was in Jesus' day.

You know what, the thing that breaks my heart is that there's no way I can answer it without hurting someone on either side.

Spiritual practices are ways of becoming awake and staying awake to God.

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.

When would-be reformers arise, they are rejected as heretics, turncoats, troublemakers, disturbers of the peace, traitors, and enemies.

The romance of Creator and creation is far more wonderful and profound than anyone can ever capture in words.