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.

Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it's a very good thing they are alive.

Every day you and I walk through God's shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.

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

When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.

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

Sheldon Vanauken wrote that the strongest argument for Christianity is Christians, when they are drawing life from God. The strongest argument against Christianity? Also Christians, when they become exclusive, self-righteous, and complacent.