“New freedoms surface old habits. I haven't left sin behind, only discovered a new medium for my treachery. My real trouble as a writer isn't trying to mean the words that I write. It's living into ...”

“Desire, if it is to be trusted, is to be inspired by a holy vocabulary.”

“The phrases of the Lord's Prayer, "are words we pray, not always because we believe them, but because we WANT to believe them.”

“Sometimes God seems to be killing us when He is actually saving us.”

“We prefer the not wanting and not having to the losing.”

“Only he who cries out for the persecuted Jews can sing Gregorian chants. Dietrich Bonhoeffer”

“Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone accept, His Lordship. The Cross, as it enters the love life, will reveal the ...”

“We can scarcely indeed look into any part of the sacred volume without meeting abundant proofs, that it is the religion of the Affections which God particularly requires. Love, Zeal, Gratitude, Joy...”

“He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.”

“We are working well when we use ourselves as the fellow creatures of the plants, animals, materials, and other people we are working with. Such work is unifying, healing. It brings us home from pri...”

“My life's work is to help people step into their God-given abilities and make a positive difference in their community.”

“In a world of knowledge and expertise, fame and fortune, status and ranks....nothing has the power to affect change as much as love and compassion.”

“Jesus-shaped spirituality hears Jesus say "believe and repent," but the call that resonates most closely in the heart of a disciple is "follow me." The command to follow requires that we take a dai...”

“The engine that drives all your activities is hope. What you hope in shapes you.”

“I assumed my first undivided responsibility.”