Maturity involves two elements: 1) immediate obedience in specific situations and 2) long-range character growth.

The core problem is not that we are too passionate about bad things, but that we are not passionate enough about good things.

The real power in helping somebody to be transformed is not to do something to them but to join with them.

We can't always make life work. But we can always draw near to God. There is a different way to approach our problems. There is a NEW WAY to live.

The problem sincere Christians have with God often comes down to a wrong understanding of what this life is meant to provide.

The goal of our sanctification is that we place Christ on display in the way we love others.

A vision we give to others of who and what they could become has power when it echoes what the spirit has already spoken into their souls.

It is the understanding of others and the awareness of their needs, that the ambassador of CHRIST should strive to cultivate

Following Christ is a wild adventure full or risk, frustration, excitement, and setbacks. It is not an evening stroll in a planned community along a well-manicured path.

I've practiced centering prayer. I've contemplatively prayed. I've prayed liturgically... I've benefited from each, and I still do. In ways you'll see, elements of each style are still with me.

The degree to which we openly express our feelings should be governed, not by fear of reprisal, but by our commitment to loving others.

God Hates divorce.""He hates cruelty even more."Caring For Eleanor

To forgive is the highest most beautiful form of love. In return you will receive untold peace and happiness.

The teeth are smiling but is the heart?

Isn't it a shame that future generations can't be here to see all the wonderful things we're doing with their money?

I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memories crammed into my mind.

Now, as smartphones are coming up, there are all kinds of apps that will start to be developed that will help women.

I'm patient when it comes to my career, which is unlike me, but there are no stars in my eyes.

God's graciousness is not totally removed from any individual during this lifetime. In hell, it is.

Plasma on the wall/Write my name on your heart like I'm Lucille Ball/But love changes, a thug changes/And best friends become strangers

And when the world is created, it is created in such a way that those eternal objects of God's loving wisdom become actualities - interacting with one another, relating to God in the finite realm.