Simplicity enables us to live lives of integrity in the face of the terrible realities of our global village.

It is Stoicism that demands a closed universe, not the Bible.

Simplicity is freedom.

Each activity of daily life in which we stretch ourselves on behalf of others is a prayer in action.

The person who does not seek the kingdom first does not seek it at all, regardless of how worthy the idolatry that he or she has substituted for it.

If we truly love people, we will desire for them far more than it is within our power to give them, and this leads us to prayer.

There is an old proverb to the effect that 'all those who open their mouths, close their eyes!' The purpose of silence and solitude is to be able to see and hear. Control rather than no noise is the key to silence. James saw clearly that the person who could control his tounge is perfect (James 3:1-12). Under the Discipline of silence and solitude we learn when to speak and when to refrain from speaking.