The only thing that Christmas didn’t change was our refusal to change, for God extends invitations but He does not demand that we accept them.

Why in the world have we never found what we’re really looking for? Because what we need is often the very thing we won’t accept. And sadly, in turning away the God we need, we need to understand that we have chosen to live without everything we need.

I while away my time wishing I were someone else when simply being me is the most magnificent thing I could ever wish to do.

I think that it is infinitely wiser to accept the fact that we’re afraid, for in accepting our fear we are in no way granting it the power to crush us. Rather we are finally empowering ourselves sufficiently so that we can crush it.

The greatest loss lies in our inability to accept loss.

I don’t want to change you. Rather, I want to engage you in the infinitely greater task of knowing you.