I look for persistence—rather than perfection—in your walk with Me. P

time for everything, and everything in its time.

Pinchas Lapide, toward the end of his book that develops what he calls a theo-politics of loving small steps, finds in these words of Jesus six pillars that can help each of us reshape our culture from hate toward love: (1) Jesus is a realist who knows a world of evil; (2) Jesus has a faith that humans can change; (3) Jesus humanizes haters and their hatred; (4) Jesus calls us to imitate God; (5) Jesus knows this is a battle to fight; and (6) this theo-politics moves in small steps:

I figure I wrote 37 songs in 20 years, and that's not exactly a full-time job. It wasn't that I was writing and writing and writing and quit.

It is truly one day at a time.

That man is rich indeed who has more friends than enemies, fears no one, and is so busy building that he has no time to devote to tearing down another's hopes and plans.

Schemes to subvert the liberties of a great community require time to mature them for execution.

It's time to put country ahead of party. It's time to put the next generation ahead of the next election.

The Greater Man upstairs know when it's my time. Right now isn't the time.

Most of the time, creative entrepreneurs lose interest long before their marketing message loses its power.

Each of us at any time and space is doing the very best we can with what we have.

I got married, I really waited a long time - three days after I graduated.