"We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus but our ideas about Santa Claus change, mature and become more nuanced, whereas our ideas of God can remain at a rather infantile level."

"It's a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting no matter how many times I see bald eagles."

"A theology should be like poetry, which takes us to the end of what words and thoughts can do."

"The hajj is one of the five essential practices of Islam when they make the pilgrimage to Mecca, Muslims ritually act out the central principles of their faith."

"It is a profound truth that do not measure life by the breaths you take, but by the moments that stir your soul — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have."

"Only God who made us can touch us and change us and save us from ourselves."

"God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them."