The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.

Grace is the offer of God's ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.

I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.

One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.

Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt...It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up - as we do what is expected of us, and then some.

Never worry alone. When anxiety grabs my mind, it is self-perpetuating. Worrisome thoughts reproduce faster than rabbits, so one of the most powerful ways to stop the spiral of worry is simply to disclose my worry to a friend... The simple act of reassurance from another human being [becomes] a tool of the Spirit to cast out fear -- because peace and fear are both contagious.

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.