According to the Talmud, every blade of grass has its own angel bending over it, whispering, “Grow, grow. - Barbara Brown Taylor

Christians are not particularly gifted at knowing how we sound to others, especially in parts of the world where our voices are the loudest and most numerous.

When my friend Matilda lay dying of Lou Gehrig’s disease, she said that she had been prepared all of her life to choose between good and evil. What no one had prepared her for, she lamented, was to choose between the good, the better, and the best — and yet this capacity turned out to be the one she most needed as she watched the sands of her life run out.

Every human interaction offers you the chance to make things better or to make things worse.