"But despite the untruths involved, they nevertheless made good copy, and the editors ate it all up with a spoon, straight out of the carton. One of those editors had read some Derrida in college, and so he was good with the idea of perspectives from every which direction, … [Read more...]

"We cannot forgive those who are defiant, however much we might like to. Because forgiveness is a transaction, if someone steals your car, you can't run down the street after them, yelling out your forgiveness" (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 95). … [Read more...]

"Not that they knew about it at the time, but Shattuck had pulled all their shirts up over their heads and rolled all their socks down, creating a little black wool bead around the tops of their expensive Italian shoes" (Evangellyfish, p. 164). … [Read more...]

"Forgiveness comes from someone whose heart is disposed to kindness and tenderheartedness; we are therefore talking not merely about isolated acts of forgiveness, but also about a deep-rooted disposition to forgive. A forgiving heart is a character trait" (For a Glory and a … [Read more...]

"With that, Radavic swiveled his head and looked straight at Rourke with what he thought was a steely, gray-eyed gaze, like in those TV legal-office drama shows, at an especially tense moment when one of the handsome actors rivets another handsome actor with an unshakable and … [Read more...]

"We must deal with the fact that marriage means marriage of a sinner to a sinner . . . in order to deal with sin rightly, we have to understand forgiveness, and anyone who wants to be married in this fallen world without understanding forgiveness is frankly out of his mind" (For … [Read more...]

"This was not so much a penetrating flash of insight as it was -- to use a term popular with clinical psychologists who have studied this kind of thing -- a lucky guess. A blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while" (Evangellyfish, p. 160). … [Read more...]

"A certain kind of life always goes back to high school, a fact often overlooked by otherwise insightful biographers. Grown-up life is just a continuation of high school, a fact overlooked by everyone else" (Evangellyfish, p. 159). … [Read more...]

"Man was made to tend the garden, while woman was made to tend the man" (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 91). … [Read more...]