The great illusion of leadership is to think that man can be led out of the desert by someone who has never been there.

Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place.

Ministers are powerless people who have nothing to boast of except their weaknesses. But when the Lord whom they serve fills them with His blessing they will move mountains and change the hearts of people wherever they go.

The best of community does give one a deep sense of belonging and well-being; and in that sense community takes away loneliness.

I often wonder if my knowledge about God has not become my greatest stumbling block to my knowledge of God.

In solitude we become aware that our worth is not the same as our usefulness.

In our production-oriented society, being busy, having an occupation, has become one of the main ways, if not the main way, of identifying ourselves. Without an occupation, not just our economic security but our very identity is endangered.