“He brought Pentecostalism out of the backwoods and made it respectable. One cannot imagine modern-day Pentecostalism without him. He transformed its image but also its practice.”

“Our culture just doesn’t tolerate talking about death and dying. And the minute you even start talking about having conversations with a doctor, it’s immediately pejoratively labeled as ‘You’re trying to kill me.’”

“Afghanistan has the possibility of being limited in a way that might make it a
bit more justifiable, but it’s still not clear what we’re fighting for. It’s so deeply
ambiguous that it’s hard to fit into just war criteria.”

“Gardening is never simply about gardens. It is work that reveals the meaning and character of humanity, and is an exercise and demonstration of who we take ourselves and creation to be.”

“In many Roman Catholic churches across the country, lay people no longer receive wine at Communion, and some Catholic clergy have advised congregants not to shake hands or hug at the moment of the liturgy known as ‘the passing of the peace,’ when parishioners typically greet someone in, and offer embodied signs of, the peace of Christ.”