Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.

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.

One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.

Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.

Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.

There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they're useful to you and being someone's friend.

The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.