Conversion does not make us perfect, but it does catapult us into a total experience of discipleship that affects - and infects - every sphere of our….

The discovery of God lies in the daily and the ordinary, not in the spectacular and the heroic. If we cannot find God in the routines of home and sho….

Freedom in the Gospel does not mean license. It means opportunity..

In the chapter on study we considered the importance of observing ourselves to see how often our speech is a frantic attempt to explain and justify o….

reject anything that is producing an addiction in you..

Overconsumption is a "cancer eating away at our spiritual vitals." It cuts the heart right out of our compassion. It distances us from the great mass….

In spiritual direction there is absolutely no domination or control..

Prayer is the human response to the perpetual outpouring of love by which God lays siege to every soul..

May God give you - and me- the courage, the wisdom, the strength always to hold the kingdom of God as the number one priority of our lives. To do so ….

One reason we can hardly bear to remain silent is that it makes us feel so helpless. We are so accustomed to relying upon words to manage and control….

If worship does not change us it has not been worship..

Jesus reminds us that prayer is a little like children coming to their parents. Our children come to us with the craziest requests at times! Often we….

The message from all quarters is the same: our undisciplined consumption must end. If we continue to gobble up our resources without any regard to st….

Pride is one of the socially acceptable sins in some corners of the evangelical culture. Its just straight-out ego gratification - how important I am….

..the true test of spirituality [is] in the freedom to live among people compassionately....Prayer frees us to be controlled by God..

Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment..

To pray is to change. This is a great grace. How good of God to provide a path whereby our lives can be taken over by love and joy and peace and pati….

Prayer is more than thoughts and feelings expressed in words. It is the opening of mind and heart - our whole being to God our Abba Father. It is Div….

Just as worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. If worship does not propel us into greater obedience, it has not been worship..

The lust for affluence in contemporary society has become psychotic; it has completely lost touch with reality..

Prayer involves transformed passions. In prayer, real prayer, we begin to think God's thoughts after Him: to desire the things He desires, to love th….