The exotic concept of spontaneous generation was taken seriously by astute thinkers for a long time before the invention of microbiology. 

Baseball is a foretaste of the Kingdom of God precisely because it doesn't work by clock-time, like football, soccer, basketball, lacrosse, and hockey.

When the "rubber" of belief meets the "road" of decision, a choice has to be made.

It used to be said that the priest "made" holy water; he did not simply bless it. 

Confusion is bad. It's bad for the individual soul, and it's bad for the health of a society. 

Preach the gospel at all times. The use of words is necessary.

Artists rarely think that they have completed a work.

As a demographic cohort, "Millennials" are the last generation to have been born in the twentieth century.

The German word "kitsch" is hard to define, other than "tacky" or "tasteless."

Stripping away the niceties with a sling blade, Ulrich Lehner shows that God is more strange and beautiful than we imagine, and wants to know and transform us in the most intimate way.