“Relationship is the core of reality.” ~ Dr. Dan B. Allender, Psychologist

“Unless you love someone nothing else makes any sense.” ~ E. E. Cummings

“Love is the key to the solution of the problems of the world.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

and live incidentally.” “I don’t want to live – I want to love first, and live incidentally.” ~ Zelda Fitzgerald

~ M. Scott Peck, Psychiatrist “All life itself represents a risk, and the more lovingly we live our lives the more risks we take.” ~ M. Scott Peck, Psychiatrist

“I do not have a category for people I cannot love. The moment I allow such a category, I inhibit my own freedom.” ~ Mike Mason

~ Larry Crabb, Psychologist “Beneath what our culture calls psychological disorder is a soul crying out for what only community can provide. … Damaged psyches aren’t the problem. The problem beneath our struggles is a disconnected soul.” ~ Larry Crabb, Psychologist

~ Eric Fromm, Psychoanalyst “Love is as love does.” ~ Eric Fromm, Psychoanalyst

Philosopher & Theologian “In the final analysis becoming a loving person is not a matter of philosophical analysis or psychoanalysis. It is only when I am willing to do the truth and enact love that I discover the meaning of my life.” ~ Sam Keen, Philosopher & Theologian

~ Leon Morris, Theologian “It is clear that God’s love is the great basic fact, and that this love awakens a response in those who accept it.” ~ Leon Morris, Theologian

“Love, then is a form of work or a form of courage. … If an act is not one of work or courage, then it is not an act of love. There are no exceptions.” ~ M. Scott Peck, Psychiatrist

“I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” ~ Jesus of Nazareth

Our Definition: Love is the will to extend one’s self for the purpose of actively honouring the value of a person.

Intellect Emotion Will

The Pull of INERTIA The Push of FEAR EFFORT COURAGE Love

Caution! Loving fully will change you.

Those who love their fellow believers life in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.” ~ 1 John 2:10 (TNIV)

“God is love. Those who live in love live in God, and God in them.” ~ 1 John 4:16 (TNIV)

“If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.” ~ John 15:10-11 (TNIV)