Religion is more like response to a friend than it is like obedience to an expert.

Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith.

One of the silliest of all discussions is the question whether God is personal-it would be more useful to inquire whether ice is frozen.

As a Pilgrim, follow the rules carefully and you're sure to arrive home safely.

There would be no more offerings. Not this day. Not any day. Humankind had suffered enough for its love of gods, its long search for God. He thought of the many centuries in which his people, the Jews, had negotiated with God, complaining, bickering, decrying the unfairness of things but always - always - returning to obedience at whatever the cost. Generations dying in the ovens of hatred. Future generations scarred by the cold fires of radiation and renewed hatred.

Sermons are like pie-crust, the shorter the better.