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

Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.

When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.

Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt...It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up - as we do what is expected of us, and then some.

Normally, if someone's legacy will outlast their life, it's apparent when they die. On the day when Alexander the Great, or Caesar Augustus, or Napoleon, or Socrates, or Muhammad died, their reputations were immense. When Jesus died, his tiny, failed movement appeared clearly at an end.

If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.

There is a immense difference between training to do something and trying to do something....Sp iritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.... Following Jesus simply means learning from him how to arrange my life around activities that enable me to live in the fruit of the Spirit