Spiritual formation cannot, in the nature of the case, be a 'private' thing, because it is a matter of whole-life transformation. You need to seek out others in your community who are pursuing the renovation of the heart.

As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.

One does not miss heaven by a hair, but by constant effort to avoid and escape God.

Understanding is the basis of care. What you would take care of you must first understand, whether it be a petunia or a nation.

And the God who hears is also the one who speaks. He has spoken and is still speaking. Humanity remains his project, not its own, and his initiatives are always at work among us.

The union Christ had with the Father was the greatest that we can conceive of in this life-if indeed we can conceive of it.

The assumption of Jesus' program for his people on earth was that they would live their lives as his students and co-laborers.