It is a dangerous trap to believe that our search is over because we have gained all the riches we are going to have.

In the stillness I find my heart growing hot while I seek the person I have already found. God is so much more than I know.

Actions speak louder than words, in fact. When we don't take action, we foster the mistaken reality of our old identity.

As you know Jesus more, you naturally love Him more. The less you know of Him, the less you love. To know Jesus is to love Him.

If we give Jesus what we have, what we give Him will never be less.

Battling the noise is creating a space for God and acknowledging the space He occupies, which is all of it. Invite God into all twenty-four hours of your day.This is the path of a #StaticJedi.

When others sit, a #StaticJedi is found standing—even standing along, with a message not in hand but secure in heart!

We need to get to the heart of each heart issue—and we can’t do it. Only the Maker can. The world needs #Jesus.

The church is not a brick-and-mortar structure. The church is made of flesh & blood. Followers of #Christ are the church.

If we want to know our God-given gifts, we must know the giver.

Our bodies are simply our shells, the package for the spirit and the soul.

If you want to control others you will not be able to meditate. About that one point, be absolutely certain.

I'll teach you, " Tiger Lily offered with a shrug of her shoulders."Did your mother teach you?" he asked."I don't have a mother, " she said. "Like you."For some reason, Peter was glad to hear it.

Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it.

now you play the loving woman, I play the faithful man

Everyone has a belief system in his or her mind, a story about the way they think the world actually is, even if they haven't thought about it much or worked out all the details.

I'm no prophet. My job is making windows where there were once walls.

I guess, I ended up finding music to pour my curiosity into. It was my creative outlet and therapy at the same time.

Those who have themselves for a spiritual director have a fool for a spiritual director.

When you use God as an excuse to hate people and you use God as an excuse to cut people down, first of all, I think it's insulting to God.

I'm doing one of three things: I'm writing. I'm staring out the window. Or I'm writhing on the floor.