No life of faith can be lived privately. There must be overflow into the lives of others.

Exile (being where we don't want to be with people we don't want to be with) forces a decision: Will I focus my attention on what is wrong with the world and feel sorry for myself? Or will I focus my energies on how I can live at my best in this place I find myself?...'I will do my best with what is here.'

When you are part of a megachurch you have no responsibility to anybody else.

I believe God takes the things in our lives - family, background, education - and uses them as part of his calling. It might not be to become a pastor. But I don't think God wastes anything.

Pastors are highly susceptible to the sin of sloth.

Sloth is most often evidenced in busyness ... in frantic running around, trying to be everything to everyone, and then having no time to listen or pray, no time to become the person who is doing these things.

Pity can be nearsighted and condescending; shared suffering can be dignifying and life-changing.