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

If we do not become changed from the inside-out - if we don't morph - we will be tempted to find external methods to satisfy our need to feel that we're different from those outside the faith. If we cannot be transformed, we will settle for being informed or conformed.

To become truly free, you must surrender.

To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.

We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.

The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.

It's better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.