" We honestly think that we ourselves and those around us should be proficient with spiritual power, moving and acting with agility and endurance, wisdom and purity, able to conquer long-established habits of sloth and rebelliousness, simply on the basis of our desire and effort and sincerity...We have to train for the spiritual life. "

― Mark Buchanan , Your God Is Too Safe: Rediscovering the Wonder of a God You Can't Control