If we want to be heard we must speak in a language the listener can understand and on a level at which the listener is capable of operating.

When we avoid the legitimate suffering that results from dealing with problems, we also avoid the growth that problems demand from us.

In and through community lies the salvation of the world.

By far the most important form of attention we can give our loved ones is listening... True listening is love in action.

There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.

Since the primary motive of the evil is disguise, one of the places evil people are most likely to be found is within the church. What better way to conceal one's evil from oneself as well as from others than to be a deacon or some other highly visible form of Christian within our culture

The feeling of being valuable - 'I am a valuable person'- is essential to mental health and is a cornerstone of self-discipline.