The ragamuffin gospel says we can't lose, because we have nothing to lose.

We are not cowed into timidity by death and life. Were we forced to rely on our own shabby resources we would be pitiful people in deed. But the awareness of Christ's present risenness persuades us that we are buoyed up and carried on by a life greater than our own.

I believe that Christianity happens when men and women experience the reckless, raging confidence that comes from knowing the God of Jesus Christ.

Against insurmountable obstacles and without a clue as to the outcome, the trusting heart says, 'Abba, I surrender my will and my life to you without any reservation and with boundless confidence, for you are my loving Father.

Jesus promises a life in which we increasingly have to stretch out our hands and be led into places where we would rather not go.

I can only be healed from above, from where God reaches down. What is impossible for me is possible for God. "With God, everything is possible."

ministry can be fruitful only if it grows out of a direct and intimate encounter with our Lord.

In 1970 I felt so lonely that I could not give; now I feel so joyful that giving seems easy. I hope that the day will come when the memory of my present joy will give me the strength to keep giving even when loneliness gnaws at my heart.

We can follow a steady upward course in a world of change without fear, welcoming opportunities

You may have confidence in the Lord's service. The Savior will help you do what He has called you to do, be it for a time as a worker in the Church or forever as a parent. You may pray for help enough to do the work and know that it will come.

All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.

Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream-world into a reality.