Prayer is - listening for the still small voice of God. Listening with the "ear of our hearts."

The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.

When we genuinely believe that inner transformation is God's work and not ours, we can put to rest our passion to set others straight.

Joy, not grit, is the hallmark of holy obedience. We need to be light-hearted in what we do to avoid taking ourselves too seriously. It is a cheerful revolt against self and pride.

Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.

Stop trying to impress people with your clothes and impress them with your life.

Of all spiritual disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father.

Because we lack a divine Center our need for security has led us into an insane attachment to things.

Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment.

Simplicity is the only thing that sufficiently reorients our lives so that possessions can be genuinely enjoyed without destroying us.

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.

If you cannot treat everyone with same respect as you give to your pastor, then you are a fake person.

A true writer should be able to write about any color. It's the story they tell that should affect people, not the race.

I realized I was officially a professional writer when all my plans began with "drink coffee" and ended with "take a nap.

Love of bustle is not industry.

If we lose our wilderness, we have nothing left worth fighting for.

An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.

I have a great objection to seeing anyone, particularly anyone whom I care about, lose his self-control.

The power of the past to still dominate our thinking today.

If you don't like the situation, if you are afraid and can't deal with it, nothing wrong with your legs, get out of there.

Is it worth getting one more tweet out, or putting your phone down and doing something that is worth tweeting?