Erwin McManus

There are few things more powerful than a life lived with passionate clarity.

I think we've overstated that God is the God who wants us to obey. Obedience is not the end game. Obedience is only our calling so that we can step into our freedom.

You can plant a church and grow a church. That's not that hard to do, but it's harder to be a viable source of transformation in a city or your time or space.

Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.

Lacey said if he wanted to read a daily or regular critiques of the Bush administration, he would read the New York Times, and that's not what he wanted in the Village Voice.

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.