We can’t expect the nation to operate by Christian principles… but we can expect this of the church.
The world is not against you, but the world is a place where bad things happen. It's just true. Airlines crash, people do evil things. A lot of bad things happen and it causes pain.
Prayer is - keeping company with God.
O God, make the bad people good, and the good people nice
Prayer is the act of seeing reality from God's point of view.
Dependence, humility, simplicity, cooperation, and a sense of abandon are qualities greatly prized in the spiritual life, but extremely elusive for people who live in comfort.