Every wedding must be an occasion of joy that human beings can do such great things, that they have been given such immense freedom and power to take the helm in their life's journey.

God cannot endure that unfestive, mirthless attitude of ours in which we eat our bread in sorrow, with pretentious, busy haste, or even with shame. Through our daily meals He is calling us to rejoice, to keep holiday in the midst of our working day.

It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can raise the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them.

A day without morning and evening prayers and personal intercessions is actually a day without meaning or importance.

A Christian fellowship lives and exists by the intercession of its members for one another, or it collapses.

So the Christian, too, belongs not in the seclusion of a cloistered life but in the thick of foes. There is his commission, his work.

He who loves community destroys community; he who loves the brethren builds community.