It fits to glorify God - it not only fits reality, because God is infinitely and supremely praiseworthy, but it fits us as nothing else does. All the beauty we have looked for in art or faces or places - and all the love we have looked for in the arms of other people - is only fully present in God himself. And so in every action by which we treat him as glorious as he is, whether through prayer, singing, trusting, obeying, or hoping, we are at once giving God his due and fulfilling our own design.

If God does not have our highest allegiance, we will use prayer to try to get things that have that designation.

It’s a mistake to think that you must feel love to give it.

When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.

Christianity is not just for the strong; it's for everyone.

Paul reminds us that in the Gospel we are both brought lower and raised higher than we can imagine.

God has become human. The absolute has become particular. The ideal has become real. The divine has taken up a human nature.