This is another trait common to God-bearers or Jesus-types--it isn't that God has preordained them to serve a special function. They have simply developed their ability and willingness to respond to the Divine Presence to a degree that enables them to be particularly...
If you desire intimate union with God, you must be willing to pay the price for it. The price is small enough. In fact, it is not even a price at all; it only seems to be so with us. We find it difficult to give up our desire for things that can never satisfy us in...
[on being a foster parent:] I know what some of you are saying: "I could never do that. I would get too attached." Let me remind you of something. Christianity is dying to one's self for the sake of Christ and others. Every time one of these children leaves our home,...
Many of us are tempted to think that if we suffer, the only important thing is to be relieved of our pain. We want to flee it at all costs. But when we learn to move through suffering, rather than to avoid it, then we greet it differently. We become willing to let it...
If we are faithful to Jesus, we will also be faithful to one another. We belong to one another. [Anyone who dedicates himself or herself to Jesus] will be united with other believers, and they will become so united that they are like one body. In the human body, if...