Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.

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

For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.

Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don't know about him, but because of what we do know about him.

The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.

"Sometimes in churches somebody will discover a particular vein of spirituality and seek to recruit others into it, or assume a superior position because they have found certain techniques - but no one actually wants to become like them."

For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.