Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.

The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.

God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure - people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.

Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.

In the beginning, we're told, was the word. Every once in a while someone shows up on the planet who is word-obsessed and word-gifted; and the light and darkness get named again. In our day, that someone is Buechner.

The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.

Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.