If Jesus came back today, he wouldn’t cleanse the temple, he’d cleanse the pulpit.
We are called to show utter commitment to the God who is revealed in Jesus and to all those to whom His invitation is addressed.
In spite of the haze of speculation, it is still something of a shock to find myself here, coming to terms with an enormous trust placed in my hands and with the inevitable sense of inadequacy that goes with that.
One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest.
It is impossible to deny that Christians and Muslims have a common agenda here: both faiths have at their heart the living image of a community raised up by God's call to reveal to the world what God's purpose is for humanity.
Let's cut to the chase, the sharia controversy. I don't think I, or my colleagues, predicted just how enormous the reaction would be. I failed to find the right words. I succeeded in confusing people. I've made mistakes - that's probably one of them.
Religion has always been a matter of community building; a matter of building precisely those relations of compassion, fellow feeling and - I dare to use the word - inclusion, which would otherwise be absent from our societies.
This is what happened in love. One of you cried a lot and then both of you grew sarcastic.
Peacekeeping funds are an important and necessary part of what America does for humanity and the rest of the world.
I was privileged to grow up in Mexico at a time when you could play in the streets. We lived not too far from the ocean, and we would be outside all the time with the neighbours' kids, running free. What better place could there be for a child?
You know, I'm just a very boring, not very funny person in person. I don't feel pressured to be otherwise.