The concept of an inactive church member is an oxymoron. Biblically, no such church member really exists.

Confident and courageous leaders have no problems pointing out their own weaknesses and ignorance.

Some churches would rather die than to get out of the comfort of the past.

So if we approach church membership from the perspective of entitlement, we have it upside down. You always ask first what you can do for your church.

Healthy church membership means you find your joy in being last, instead of seeking your way and being first.

Faith and optimism are contagious.

Weak leaders of churches blame people and circumstances. Breakout church leaders accept responsibility and see God's possibilities in even difficult situations.

Churches should evaluate everything they do to determine how it can be done better.

With a roof over his head he had ceased to work, living off his [war] pension and his wits, both hopelessly inadequate.

Pure love is an unmediated, unmitigated, and unrevealing, but everlasting source of joy for the giver and for the receiver.

I am like a little pencil in God's hand. He does the writing. The pencil has nothing to do with it.

When passion rules, she never rules wisely.

Everyone has seen photographs of Mexicans wearing those big sombreros. When you come to Mexico, the astonishing thing is, nobody wears these hats at all.

He looked like he'd just seen the Ghost of You Better Shut Your Mouth.

If they came sorrowing, and wanting sympathy in a complicated trouble like the present, then they would be felt as a shadow in all these houses of intimate acquaintances, not friends

Your love for me is founded in a sentiment. My love for you is founded in the body. A precarious interchange.

He who is proud of his knowledge, has gout in the wrong end.

I never ever slept again after my first pregnancy.