Contemporary American churches in particular do not require following Christ in his example, spirit, and teachings as a condition of membership-either of entering into or continuing in fellowship of a denomination or a local church.... Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have not yet decided to follow Christ.

The first act of love is always the giving of attention.

If we are to use our minds rightly, we must live in an attitude of constant openness and learning.

As we reach out to God, we get another source of strength.

In solitude we find psychic distance, the perspective from which we can see, in the light of eternity, the created things that trap, worry, and oppress us.

To withhold our bodies from religion is to exclude religion from our lives.

The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul.