Peacetime CEO knows that proper protocol leads to winning. Wartime CEO violates protocol in order to win.

“We interpret everything we experience through these mental maps. We seldom question their accuracy; we’re usually even unaware that we have them. We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be.”

We are not there primarily to 'get things' but to realize God’s presence. This is the greatest answer to prayer, that we are consciously aware of the Great Shepherd and His unchanging love for us.

The practices show us our vast potential to be healthy adults who know how to love. They also show us where our constrictions in and resistance to love may be lurking.

A deep life is a good life, any way you look at it.

All change comes from idiosyncratic voices.

If you are beginning to feel that there is a dullness when you pray, or a curtain through which you do not seem able to penetrate, why not deliberately and thoughtfully use everyday English in addressing God?

Building habits of group vulnerability is like building a muscle. It takes time, repetition, and the willingness to feel pain in order to achieve gains. And, as with building muscle, the first key is to approach the process with a plan.

Luck doesn't exist. If you believe in luck, then you believe either: 1.) some people consistently defy probability, or, 2.) some things aren't a result of cause and effect.

The hardest people to reach with the love of God are not the bad people. They know they are bad. They have no defense. The hardest ones to win for God are the self-righteous people.