Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become...appropri ately small.

Spiritual formation is for everyone. Just as there is an 'outer you' that is being formed and shaped all the time, like it or not, by accident or on purpose, so there is an 'inner you.' You have a spirit. And it's constantly being shaped and tugged at: by what you hear and watch and say and read and think and experience.

Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.

The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.

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

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.

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