Ego is borne of the need to ‘prove’ oneself instead of making the choice to ‘be’ oneself. And so maybe we need to begin curbing the birthrate.

We ask, ‘Why the need for God?’ Maybe the better question is ‘Why the need not to need Him?’ And could it be that that question in fact evidences our need for Him?

You are not made in ‘your image’. You are, in fact, made in ‘God’s image’. Therefore, which one are you looking for when you look in the mirror?

If I’ve prayed, I never have to worry about being the first one to show up.

In the end, if we don't have God we don't have anything other than an end.

The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise.

Faith is rare because fear is rampant. For faith will demand that I step into places that fear itself fears to go.

Forgiveness allows the burdens that we carry to become the histories that we forget.

When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we are using wisdom to overcome cowardice.

I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors tend to lead to the worst places.

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

O heavenly Father increase our Faith.

I just wonder… Isn’t it better to start as a monster and become a hero? Isn’t that what creates belief? The idea that someone can change?

Electricians that like good health avoid the known biologically toxic very high powered electrical utility jobs.

His mother stood before him like a monument. He saw her great outline through the blur of his weakness and his passion. She made no movement at all.

The loss of young first love is so painful that it borders on the ludicrous.

The most important thing today is that Mark Webber is safe and OK. After a very nasty accident, he's fine.

Marla's philosophy of life, she told me, is that she can die at any moment. The tragedy of her life is that she doesn't.

No authentic Messiah would inspire a religion that ended up calling upon the Jews to reject the manifest meaning of Sinai. It is really that simple.

Many scientists and economists also say putting a price on carbon through carbon taxes and/or cap-and-trade is necessary.

Animals are born and bred in litters. Solitude grows blessed and peaceful only in old age.