We cannot know the whole truth, which belongs to God alone, but our task nevertheless is to seek to know what is true. And if we offend gravely enough against what we know to be true, as by failing badly enough to deal affectionately and responsibly with our land and...
God loves us too much to indulge our every whim.
God doesn't give in order to acquire. God loves without self-seeking; that's at the heart of who God is. God gives for the benefit of others.
God’s image shines through us most clearly in the act of creation — comprising the three stages of Idea, Expression and Recognition — and by reproducing this act we may begin to grasp, by analogy, the Trinity. from Reaching for the Invisible God
Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God’s grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God’s grace.
A good shoe is a shoe you don't notice.... The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of; our attention would have been on God.
True religion is not about possessing the truth. No religion does that. It is rather an invitation into a journey that leads one toward the mystery of God. Idolatry is religion pretending that it has all the answers.
While it appears that the powers of this world—whether they be political, religious, military, or economic—are having their way now, this is not the whole (or even the real) picture. These pretend gods are on a very short leash. Their kingdoms will not last. One day...
I remain stubbornly committed to this notion: God will always be better than our ideas of God.
God’s one and only job description is to turn death into life. That’s what God does with every new springtime, every new life, every new season, every new anything.