Be Hard on the issue, Soft on the person.

Dating is a place to practice how to relate to other people.

When a person travels through a few years with an organization, or with a partnership, or any other kind of working association, he leaves a 'wake' behind in these two areas, task and relationship: what did he accomplish and how did he deal with people?

Just as we leave the effects of our work behind in results, we leave the effects of our interactions with people in their hearts, minds, and souls.

You have to be able to face losing some things you might want in order to be free to do the right thing.

The business of church is ultimately people. You're trying to heal people, grow people, teach people, and mend people. And when leaders spend all of their time helping and growing other people, they ignore their own growth.

Dating is about finding out who you are and who others are. If you show up in a masquerade outfit, neither is going to happen.