We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.

When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.

Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.

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.

In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.

We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.

The human longings that are deep inside of us never go away. They exist across cultures; they exist throughout life. When people were first made, our deepest longing was to know and be known. And after the Fall, when we all got weird, it's still our deepest longing - but it's now also our deepest fear.