Too many church services start at eleven sharp and end at twelve dull.

Many people are in a rut and a rut is nothing but a grave - with both ends kicked out.

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.

Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, 'Shake well before using.' That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable.

The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors.

When we're in London my family goes to mass on Christmas Eve. The next day Dad cooks the turkey on the barbecue, standing outside in the freezing cold.

It takes several doses of any veg before children like it, but once they do they'll like it for life. You wouldn't give up on a child who didn't want to learn to read. Learning to eat is every bit as important.

The house where I grew up in the Hancock Park section of Los Angeles was like a dream - even though my family faced threats after my father bought it in August 1948.