"We need faith and the mind of the Lord Jesus to recognize something of lasting value in even our most ordinary tasks."
- Philip Yancey
"Prayer is not a means of removing the unknown and predictable elements in life, but rather a way of including the unknown and unpredictable in the outworking of the grace of God in our lives."
"God formed an alliance based on the world as it is, full of flaws, whereas prayer calls God to account for the world as it should be."
"Change came from below, as it usually does, rather than being imposed from above."
"Power, no matter how well-intentioned, tends to cause suffering. Love, being vulnerable, absorbs it. In a point of convergence on a hill called Calvary, God renounced the one for the sake of the other..."
"All of us in the church need “grace-healed eyes” to see the potential in others for the same grace that God has so lavishly bestowed on us."
"We cannot simply pray and then wait for God to do the rest."
"Prayer means keeping company with God who is already present."
"Fulfillment comes not in pursuit of happiness, but rather in pursuit of service."
"The first nation to separate Christianity from government produced perhaps the most religious nation on earth."