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

God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.

True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.

As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.

If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.

When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.

Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.

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.

Spiritual transformation into Christ-likeness in not going to happen unless we act. What transforms us is the will to obey Jesus Christ.

So, little by little, time brings out each several thing into view, and reason raises it up into the shores of light.

I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.

I want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.

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

Feast to-day makes fast to-morrow.

Our actions must clothe us with an immortality loathsome or glorious.

When we acknowledge a child’s feelings, we do him a great service.