The soul seeks God with its whole being. Because it is desperate to be whole, the soul is God-smitten and God-crazy and God-obsessed. My mind may be obsessed with idols; my will may be enslaved to habits; my body may be consumed with appetites. But my soul will never find rest until it rests in God.
John OrtbergSloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done - like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
John OrtbergWe tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
John OrtbergBoth hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
John Ortberg