After creation God said, 'It is finished'-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, 'It is finished'-and we can rest.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

You're like a dictionary. You know the word is in there, but you need to know how to spell what you want first

I may tear you apart but I'll put you back together.

For me poems are acts re-done, and that can vibrate well into the future.

I'm not a dishwasher anymore. But I'm still from Sangamon Street.

How frustrating it is to be out-argued by someone you know is dead wrong but is more eloquent.

Know where to find the sunrise and sunset times and note how the sky looks at those times, at least once.

Brethren, do not become children in sense: but in malice be children, and in sense be perfect.

Love is a rainbow curving down from the sky, falling crystals of color, shades of warm that never die.

I won't belong to a club that accepts me as a member

A photograph has edges the world does not.