“Everything in proximity to the hero becomes tragedy; everything in proximity to the demigod becomes satyr-play; and everything in proximity to God becomes...what? "world" perhaps?”
“Being salt and light demands two things: we practice purity in the midst of a fallen world and yet we live in proximity to this fallen world. If you don't hold up both truth in tension, you invariably becomes useless and separated from the world God loves.”
“Perhaps it's simply the dual nature of marriage, the proximity of violence and love.”
“Proximity doesn't breed familiarity.”
“Proximity bred familiarity, and familiarity bred comfort.”
“Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.”