The shortest distance between two points is not a straight line—it's a middleman. And the more middlemen, the shorter.

She wanted to tell him of the years she had spent looking for men such as he to work with; she wanted to tell him that his enemies were hers, that she was fighting the same battle...

Our individualism has always been bound by a set of communal values, the glue upon which every healthy society depends.

The problem is, many of the people in need of saving are in churches, and at least part of what they need saving from is the idea that God sees the world the same way they do.

Solitude is only a human presumption. Every quiet step is thunder to beetle life underfoot; every choice is a world made new for the chosen.

Involve people in the problem and work out the solution together.

Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual has phrased it, "like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic." No

Dependence is the paradigm of you—you take care of me; you come through for me; you didn't come through; I blame you for the results. Independence is the paradigm of I—I can do it; I am responsible; I am self-reliant; I can choose. Interdependence is the paradigm of we—we can do it; we can cooperate; we can combine our talents and abilities and create something greater together.

When we really, deeply understand each other, we open the door to creative solutions and third alternatives. Our differences are no longer stumbling blocks to communication and progress. Instead, they become the stepping stones to synergy.

Some of you are sitting at home saying, 'I don't need a church to love God,' and I am here telling you that you are so wrong.

Church is the textured context in which we grow up in Christ to maturity. But church is difficult. Sooner or later, though, if we are serious about growing up in Christ, we have to deal with church. I say sooner.

The very moment you separate body and spirit, you end up with a corpse. Separate faith and works and you get the same thing: a corpse.