“The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.”

Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.

Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.

At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.

Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.

You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.

The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.

Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.

Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.

At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.

We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.

Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.

We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.

The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’

The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.

I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.

Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.

Man V. Food is the highest-rated show in the Travel Channel’s history, so clearly there’s going to be a correlation.

I think church and state should remain entirely separate at all costs, and that the decision of religious marriage should be of each faith to debate and decide free of political influence.

Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.

The hardest thing about leadership is the intimacy it requires.

My hope is to incite that feeling of inspiration in as many other people as possible. To receive and pass along that baton to anyone willing to carry it further.

In Spiritual formation we are aiming at a character and life that is so shaped that the deeds of Christ routinely and easily come from what is inside.

It is the only thing we can do. Each of us must turn inward and destroy in himself all that he thinks he ought to destroy in others. And remember that every atom of hate that we add to this world makes it sill more inhospitable

Of a young hermit, an old devil.