"'The Kingdom of God is near' literally means that if you reach in the right direction, your hand will disappear through the curtain of this world and reappear in the reality of the next world. There is a portal in time that we can't see, and the in-breaking of God's presence is about to take place."

"Repenting will not by itself bring about change. Repentance is only the first part of the circle. Stopping after we repent only invites the experience to return and makes it harder to repent the next time."

"'My faith is personal' is a favorite. But that is a self-contradicting statement. Faith is always acted out, never kept bottled up within."