Friendship is a deep oneness that develops when two people, speaking the truth in love to one another, journey together to the same horizon.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus's tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.

Only if you are part of a community of believers seeking to resemble, serve, and love Jesus will you ever get to know him and grow into his likeness.

While the difference between a bad sermon and a good sermon is mainly the responsibility of the preacher, the difference between good preaching and great preaching lies mainly in the work of the Holy Spirit. . . . We should do the work it takes to make our communication good and leave it up to God how and how often he makes it great for the listener.

When Jesus got the big questions, he didn't present arguments. He presented himself.

We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that. By depicting a Samaritan helping a Jew, Jesus could not have found a more forceful way to say that anyone at all in need - regardless of race, politics, class, and religion - is your neighbour. Not everyone is your brother or sister in faith, but everyone is your neighbour, and you must love your neighbour.