God cannot do for us what he cannot do through us.

Only God’s thoughts, or love, is actually real. So when we separate ourselves from that love, we’re actually not thinking at all: we’re hallucinating.

We can't look to the world to restore our worth; we're here to restore our worth to the world. The world outside us can reflect our glory, but it cannot create it. It cannot crown us. Only God can crown us, and he already has.

If we lose a job, we are easily tempted into thoughts like, "Ain't it awful? There aren't any jobs out there. This is terrible. It'll be awhile before the economy comes back. Even if they're hiring someone, they're not hiring someone my age with my resume." And that's really what causes the crash and burn. The fact is, there are Fortune 500 companies that have been founded during recessions.

The love is what's left at the end because it's the bedrock, fundamental reality that gets hidden all the time, but never really goes away.

So it is that a new politics centers around the arousal of that power, using prayer and meditation to create a force field of transformation.

Cynicism is just an excuse for not helping.