The Church Is In The Hope Business.

There Is A World Of Difference Between Being Friendly To Someone Because They're Useful To You And Being Someone's Friend.

I Am Disappointed With Myself. I Am Disappointed Not So Much With The Particular Things I Have Done As With The Aspects Of Who I Have Become. I Have A Nagging Sense That All Is Not As It Should Be.

If You Want To Do The Work Of God, Pay Attention To People. Notice Them. Especially The People Nobody Else Notices.

We Must Learn To Cast Off Our Anxieties Because We Have So Many Of Them. The World Destroys Spiritual Life By Generating Constant Anxiety. Jesus Said That The Life Of The Gospel Is Choked Out By The Cares Of This World. We Know This To Be True Yet We Are More Chained And Tethered To The World Than Ever Before In The Human Race.

"sometimes In Churches Somebody Will Discover A Particular Vein Of Spirituality And Seek To Recruit Others Into It, Or Assume A Superior Position Because They Have Found Certain Techniques - But No One Actually Wants To Become Like Them."