The right to choose does not mean the choice is right.

To hear a truth, we must first suspect that our present truth might not be. Like Alice’s White Queen, who often believed six impossible things before breakfast, I believed many things in my life, considering...

The essence of the Christian life is not attending meetings or even praying and fasting. The essence of the Christian life is looking intently for bits of God in everything and everyone, everyday, so that...

The words ‘good’ and ‘love’ have become so trivialized in our culture–not that our definitions were so accurate to begin with–that, in times of distress or disappointment, we struggle to believe that God is either.

Writing is like gardening. Planting, watering, and weeding are not enough. You have to prune if you want growth.

Confusion and doubt are an important part of faith.

When a friend of mine boasted about living in a gated community, I thought he meant Folsom, and I wondered whether he knew Charles Manson.

Writing is a solitary occupation, except for Presidential speeches and sitcoms.

Faith is such a wonderful thing. Without it, we would be panicky when we feel like we’re standing alone and when the things we need and yearn for seem to be beyond our reach.

One of the biggest obstacles on the path of peace, or even peaceful coexistence, between Israelis and Palestinians was placed by the international community and media when it redefined Hamas as an “organization.” One result...

OMG, I think I’ve become a feminist. I mean, I’ve always been in favor of women voting and being paid the same as men for doing the same job. But then, the other day on...

Man’s strongest instinct is not sex or self-preservation. it’s to level the playing field.

We praise God, not because he needs our praise (for all glory resides in and on him), but in order to see him more clearly, enlarge our soul, and relieve our spirit.

No one can take credit for inspiration or creativity.

SUPPORT LITERACY! A child who cannot read cannot text.

I read the writings of great men and women so that I can think bigger thoughts.

Followers of Jesus do well to spend more time engaging him than explaining him.

Homeowners’ Association: the means whereby people who own homes are able to transfer their rights to the neighborhood control freaks.

Do what you will, but never out of fear.

Forgiveness is the virtue of the courageous, the response of the forgiven, the mercy of the just.

Progressive. n. One who is unable to distinguish between novelty and enlightenment.

The artist is the only one qualified to criticize his art, because only the artist knows what he was trying to express and how satisfied he is with the attempt.

One problem with today’s culture is that we defend too many rights and ignore too many wrongs.

God clues us in to the fact that, “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” In short, God is not...

There’s no such thing as great art or poor art. Art is subjective expression. As such, it can be judged only as popular or unpopular. What is banned in Boston may one day receive a...

Complete honesty is not the same thing as full disclosure.

God cautions us in Isaiah 55:9 that his ways are not ours and his thoughts are higher than our thoughts (undoubtedly one of the grander understatements).God is warning us that he is not logical and...

There’s no such thing as good art or bad art. Art is popular or unpopular. What is banned in Boston may be bid on at Christie’s.

Courtship is driven by hormones; marriage is sustained by humility and self-sacrifice.

One of the difficult things about growing older is that you start losing so many friends. On the other hand, the older you get, the less time you have to wait until you see them...

We were created with the ability and the inclination to admire beauty. We should, however, do our best not to fall in love with it.