Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.

God is not interested in our spiritual life. He's interested in our life.

How hard is it for God to get your attention? Do you regularly practice turning aside in your day? That is, taking a moment to listen to God- because God, through the Holy Spirit, really is speaking, because we know, every place is filled with the presence of God. There is not an inch of space, not a moment of time, that God does not inhabit.

True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.

Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.

There is such a love, a love that creates value in what is loved. There is a love that turns rag dolls into priceless treasures. There is a love that fastens itself onto ragged little creatures, for reasons that no one could ever quite figure out, and makes them precious and valued beyond calculation. This is love beyond reason. This is the love of God.

The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.