"Theology is now called to listen fully to the world, even if such a listening demands a turning away from the church'…"

"No suffering can be foreign to a Christian, not even the anguish that comes with the loss of God."

"What is most needed today is a fundamental theological thinking, one centered upon the Godhead itself, and centered u…"

"Alabama is more than one of the States. It is another country. The Congo is not more different from Massachusetts or …"

"I want to believe that it is sometimes our greatest and most difficult pain that leads us to our lives' purpose."

"... '. At the end of his , Hemingway writes of , “I wished I had died before I loved anyone but her.” That line, and …"

"Don’t try to impose your will on a book before you know what it is—or what it needs. Writing is a kind of trust exerc…"

"Choosing the freedom to be uninteresting never quite worked for me."

"I learned I couldn’t shed light on love other than to feel its comings and goings and be grateful."

"Eagles don’t fly with pigeons, OK? So go get your bread crumbs and get back to me tomorrow."