Jesus literally sliced through years of rabbinical law and cultural norms with the extreme love of God that sees the treasure in every human heart.

The more others encounter us honoring the boundaries we have set for our lives, the more they will know that they can trust us with their lives.

Discipline works from the inside out, and punishment tries to work from the outside in.

One of the reasons people perish without a vision is that they cannot endure the pain and cost required to achieve any worthwhile purpose.

Yes, it's vulnerable and scary to keep your love on toward someone who has become a perceived threat-you cannot guarantee what he or she is going to do. But you can guarantee your own choice. And you can always choose connection.

If you want to make a difference, then get good at doing something and not just talking about something

Powerful people do not try to control other people. They know it doesn't work, and that it's not their job. Their job is to control themselves.