The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.

A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.

I sometimes wonder if God calls us into the church because it represents not the people of God at their best but us at our worst. I wonder if he calls us to become embedded in this wretched institution precisely because it is wretched. And calls us to be a part of it not to reform it or save it or control it in any way, but to simply love it.

It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister.

Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.

While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.