when the imitation of Christ does not mean to live a life like Christ, but to live your life as authentically as Christ lived his, then there are many ways and forms in which a man can be a Christian.

If fear is the great enemy of intimacy, love is its true friend.

Too many of us are lonely ministers practicing a lonely ministry.

Joy and laughter are the gifts of living in the presence of God and trusting that tomorrow is not worth worrying about.

The people who most affected me were the ones who got right in there with me, who cried with me, but who also had a certain authority, who dared to say what needed saying.

Your life is not going to be easy, and it should not be easy. It ought to be hard. It ought to be radical; it ought to be restless; it ought to lead you to places you'd rather not go.

Keep a space where God can let something totally new take place.