A good sermon is going to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed. It inspires you. It provokes you. It should make your soul soar.

When you forgive somebody, when you are generous, when you withhold judgment, when you love and when you stand up to injustice, you are, in that moment, bringing heaven to earth.

Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth.

Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn’t as bright as it could be.

What we do comes out of who we believe we are.

The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God.

Well, I affirm orthodox Christian faith. I affirm the Nicene Creed. I don't think I'm doing anything terribly new.

The life that you want begins the moment you embrace the life you have because all of it is a miracle.

Often times when I meet atheists and we talk about the god they don’t believe in, we quickly discover that I don’t believe in that god, either.

If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship.

That breath that you just took, that's a gift!

Business is no more about making money than the human body is about making blood. Yes you need to make the stuff, but only to serve your higher aims.

If the grass is greener on the other side, start watering your own.

Whether in an advantageous position or a disadvantageous one, the opposite state should be always present to your mind.

There was something in her eyes that drew me in. I wanted to make the sadness she tried to hide go away." -Cage York

Sometimes the autobiographical link in each story is very literal, like I did work at The Texas School for the Blind, and I did once lose a mattress out of the back of a friend's truck.

…God, it’s over. Takumi, you gotta stop stealing other people’s problems and get some of your own.

We have something more reliable than a poll that changes everyday.

If the final decision for the salvation of fallen sinners were left in the hands of fallen sinners, we would despair all hope that anyone would be saved.

Whether you're a farmer, builder or engineer, the opportunities are equal: Just add a little innovation.