We have to ask ourselves, 'Am I really trying to discern God's will, or determine whether I want to do it?'

Jesus' death wasn't to free us from dying, but to free us from the fear of death. Jesus came to liberate us so that we could die up front and then live. Jesus Christ wants to take us to places where only dead men and women can go.

When you live your life knowing the mission and calling and voice of God in your soul and you know where that compass is driving you forward, you will become a rare commodity in a world searching for direction.

The church does not exist for us. We are the church, and we exist for the world.

Jesus did not have a value for prayer for prayer's sake. He had a value for the intimate communion between God and man.

Is it possible that the creative act is simply the materialization of the future- making the invisible, visible?

Humility is not about having a low self-image or poor self-esteem. Humility is about self-awareness.