In the emerging culture, darkness represents spirituality. We see this in Buddhist temples, as well as Catholic and orthodox churches. Darkness indicates that something serious is happening.

The fruit of the Spirit wasn't intended to be a list of goals for us to produce - it is the Holy Spirit through us who produces fruit.

The old paradigm taught that if you had the right teaching, you will experience God. The new paradigm says that if you experience God, you will have the right teaching.

Leadership is influencing a community to follow Jesus.

Meditative prayer like that we experienced in the labyrinth resonates with hearts of emerging generations.

For church planters, the motivation is not about the romantic or heroic venture ... it is because you realize you can't not plant one.

All I know is that I shall be alone again. There is nothing more terrible than to be alone among human beings.

My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say and then to say it with the utmost levity.

In order for three people to keep a secret, two must be dead.

Once you see that everything is unreal, you can't see why you should bother to prove it.

Choices in life are not and should not be determined by our life circumstances.

If you learn something that changes you, you've made progress. If you learn something that changes others, you've helped change the world.

(Jim) Landis is such a good player because he plays every day as if he expects to be sent to the minors next week.

To lose a friend is the greatest of all losses.

For example, the use of chemical weapons [in Syria]- some on the Democrat side have said well, this encourages the North Koreans to use chemical weapons against our troops.

How hard is hitting? You ever walk into a pitch-black room full of furniture that you've never been in before and try to walk through it without bumping into anything? Well, it's harder than that.