The gift of presence is a rare and beautiful gift. To come - unguarded, undistracted - and be fully present, fully engaged with whoever we are with at that moment.

If one of you is walking through a dark valley personally of course it affects the marriage. But it is not about the marriage.

If I've lost the capacity for, and the enjoyment of relationship, I know things are deeply off in my soul.

we were made to be a part of a great adventure. An adventure that is shared. We do not want the adventure merely for adventure's sake but for what it requires of us for others. We don't want to be alone in it; we want to be in it with others.

You see, whenever we live in relationship, whenever we simply live in proximity to other people, sooner or later we will run up against their issues—the unhealed or unholy parts of their personalities. Just as they will run into ours. Living in community is like a pack of porcupines sharing the same den. We will get stuck.

No American is ever made better off by pulling a fellow American down, and all of us are made better off whenever any one of us is made better off.

A viable neighborhood is a community: and a viable community is made up of neighbors who cherish and protect what they have in common.

Be sensitive to the plight of others. You have to know about the tragedies as well as the triumphs, the failures as well as the success.

If someone analyzed your words today, what percentage would be tender, encouraging, uplifting, faith-building, and joyful? Would it match Christ's proportions?

Stay active. Read the Word. Worship with other believers. Continue to give. Keep learning and growing. Your faith will be unleashed!

For a person to be truly discipled and growing in their faith, they need more than one person discipling them.

We must have infinite faith in each other.