Did I hear God call me an idiot?

Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person's throat.

Don't ever discount the wonder of your tears. They can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the heart can speak.

Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.

Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationship.

those who are afraid of freedom are those who cannot trust us to live in them. Trying to keep the law is actually a declaration of independence, a way of keeping control

Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive.

So many believe that it is love that grows, but it is the knowing that grows and love simply expands to contain it.

I suppose that since most of our hurts come through relationships so will our healing, and I know that grace rarely makes sense for those looking in from the outside.

You cannot produce trust just like you cannot 'do' humility. It either is or is not.

If a rainbow makes a sound, or a flower as it grows, that was the sound of her laughter.

I'd rather be a 'THINKER' - Two Healthy Incomes No Kids Early Retirement!

I burned sixty calories. That should take care of a peanut I had in 1962.

You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there.

Well, there are more writers of blogs right now than there are readers, so that's clearly a vanity phenomenon.

I use all different kinds of techniques for all different types of music. The music dictates the style.

Usually I'll go to San Diego to hang out with my parents if I want to unwind

I love the man that [Peter Berg] is, the father that he is, and the leader. We push each other in a way. It's competitive.

A tea set is good for a newborn girl. It is a gift that instantly makes the room a girl's room.

The folly of others is ever most ridiculous to those who are themselves most foolish.

Love is what I give to the one I love.