Worry is irrelevant. It alters nothing. When was the last time you solved a problem by worrying about it?

I really enjoy making people laugh; I've discovered that's a great technique. That's as powerful as stirring their sorrow, stirring their compassion, because that befriends you to them. It engages you with them and then you can come in; they will remember that point.

Who are they to give stars or dots? They're Wemmicks just like you." Eli to Punchinello (p. 25)

I know what I'll be preaching in the spring, what I'll be preaching in the summer, and what I'll be preaching next fall.

I don't have a lot of time in the sermon anyway. The sermon is only 25 minutes, which to me is frighteningly short. So I feel as if I need to get into that pretty quickly and make it as practical and accessible as possible.

God's love supply is never empty.

Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life.