Reconciliation is not to be withheld when repentance—that is, deep, heart‐changing acknowledgement of sin and a radical redirection of life—takes place in the one being rebuked. Nor is reconciliation to be extended to someone who has not repented.

To experience brokenness and humiliation all you have to do is lead.

One of the best sources of perspective is enemies. If we can learn from them, then we can profit from anyone.

Buzyness, however, is moral laziness because it involves refusing to live with courage and intentionality.

The sole reason to serve as a Christian is Jesus, yet He is easily lost in the various activities that consume our days.

Genuine trust involves allowing another to matter and have an impact in our lives. For that reason, many who hate and do battle with God trust Him more deeply than those whose complacent faith permits an abstract and motionless stance before Him. Those who trust God most are those whose faith permits them to risk wrestling with Him over the deepest questions of life. Good hearts are captured in a divine wrestling match; fearful, doubting hearts stay clear of the mat.

What originally led us to serve others by leading them seldom remains our North Star.