WOW -  faculty retreat – there has been a lot, but here is some wisdom that I have picked up in no particular order:

10. You can love someone without ever spending more than 20 seconds with them.  Love is like the beauty of the ocean depths, but many of us still only use waders in the waters of love.

9. 1 Corinthians 13:13
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. – have you ever wondered why love is the greatest? I am not sure, but a colleague of mine suggested that maybe its because love is the only one that is eternal – you see, in heaven there will little need for faith or hope, but love. . . . . love will always be there.

8.The places where I am most unlike Christ is where God wants to work the most

 7. One of my goals needs to be: Radical abandonment to God and radical availability to others.

 6. True Christlikeness comes at the point where it is hard NOT to respond as He would – D. Willard

5. I am as holy as I want to be – be disciplined – most imporatnt things in life do not seem urgent in the moment.

4. Fact: Life intune with God is nurtured by time alone

3. Almost everything that is worthwhile in life is difficult at first

 2. It is delusion to think that a great relationship with God can be carried on sloppily

 1. Do our lives look like we want to HEAR from God? Time for silence is MADE not found.

Finally, . . . simply. . .  a true learner obeys -