I suppose it’s unfair, tricks of argument that leave wounds, but with this sort of thing that (C.S.) Lewis does, what I feel is a craftsman’s joy at the sight of a superior performance.

Chaucer, like Homer, writes about a journey, but as a Christian he has a different goal. Homer wanted to go home, but Chaucer’s pilgrims want a place of man’s true home: paradise

And morning came… It still comes. Our God is here, Emmanuel, among us, always coming towards us, always standing behind us, always standing up for us, always standing with us in solidarity in communion asking...

I hope we can inaugurate a new humility in our use of religious language, which for me is the very proof that it is authentic.

There’s a difference, you know, between faith and playing make-believe. One will make you grow. The other one will make you sleep.

‎Those who aren’t following Jesus aren’t his followers. It’s that simple. Followers follow, and those who don’t follow aren’t followers. To follow Jesus means to follow Jesus into a society where justice rules, where love...

The idea of waste only comes into our Christianity when we underestimate the worth of our Lord.

The sweet spot is where duty and delight converge.

Our desire is not only to SEE glory, but to participate in the glory we see.

What am I doing? Tearing myself. My usual occupation at most times.

You can’t build rich lives simply by reading sermons or following abstract rules. Example is the best teacher. Moral improvement occurs most reliably when the heart is warmed,

God in His sovereign goodness often uses the painful and at times debilitating injury of a spear thrower to make us readier for His service. … One thing you discover about spear throwers is that...

The Lord teaches us of His grace and the Gospel through difficult children. We learn what it’s like to love like He loved. It is there, in our personal upper room, where we learn to...

His eyes touched lightly, and passed on.

My focus was on trying to figure out what God wanted be to do next. Their (his parents’) focus was on what I was doing for God at the moment.

The knowledge worker cannot be supervised closely or in detail. He must direct himself toward performance and contribution

Lee was a born pedagogue, never happier than when his children were learning to do something the right way. It is a testament to Lee’s affection and patience that his children did not rebel. In...

When the convert emerges from the water, the world seems changed. The world has not changed, it is always wonderful and horrible, iniquitous and filled with beauty. But now, after baptism, the eyes that see...

The Jesus Movement had survived the fad phase and was settling down for the long haul.

This wasn’t a legalistic play. He simply wanted more and more of God.

His Kingship, precisely because it is so broad, so total, is doomed to be rejected by anybody who is still into tribalism, or small belonging systems. We don’t really like the big Kingdom if it...

You can either be god of certain areas of your life, or let Me be God of your whole life.

Radical self-denial gives the feel of adventure. If we forsake all, we even have the chance of glorious martyrdom. But in service, we must experience the many little death of going beyond ourselves. Service banishes...

A student was given a mentoring opportunity, “in the hope that when you had somebody to lean on you, you would begin to stand a little steadier yourself, and get manliness and thoughtfulness.