I tried to drown my sorrows, but they learned to swim. (from the movie "As Cool As I am")

A godly life, above all else, is relational life, life in community. // dr. Larry Crabb "Fully Alive: A Biblical Vision of Gender That Frees Men and Women to Live Beyond Stereotypes"

Our power to make a difference in our wolr that God is interested in depends on how His world-changing disciples get along with each other. The order matters: relate well in order to serve well. // dr. Larry Crabb "Fully Alive: A Biblical Vision of Gender That Frees Men and Women to Live Beyond Stereotypes")

"... there is no gospel without cross, there is no obedience without servanthood, and there is no spiritual formation without suffering." // dr. Larry Crabb "66 Love Letters" (41)

(paraphrased) "To be formed like God's Son does not mean indolence disguised as contemplatinve rest. It rather means internal rest that releases servant activity." // dr. Larry Crabb "66 Love Letters" (41)

"... the real battle... is within me, between my own urge to grasp after whatever seems necessary and the desire to give, to love like Jesus does." // dr. Larry Crabb "66 Love Letters" (40)

(paraphrased) "The understanding that living well would keep your life going well until you got to heaven had no power to change you to deal with your worst relational problem and it added moralistic pressure to your life that blocked the freedom I want you to enjoy. It obscured the mission, what I've left you in this world to do." // dr. Larry Crabb "66 Love Letters" (40)