Jesus says, "I want you to follow me so fully, so intensely, so enduringly that all other attachments in your life look weak by comparison"

Without immersion in God's words, our prayers may not be merely limited and shallow but also untethered from reality.

Jesus is not asking us to do anything for him that he hasn’t already done for us, under conditions of difficulty beyond our comprehension.

Fear, logic, and tradition are not going to make you live a good life when no one is looking.

You won't be able to change the world, yourself, anything, if you don't change yourself inwardly, deeply, enduringly.

Easter means that Christmas worked.

Happiness is a by-product of wanting something more than happiness-to be rightly related to God and our neighbor.