Faith and optimism are contagious.

Confident and courageous leaders have no problems pointing out their own weaknesses and ignorance.

The concept of an inactive church member is an oxymoron. Biblically, no such church member really exists.

Some churches would rather die than to get out of the comfort of the past.

So if we approach church membership from the perspective of entitlement, we have it upside down. You always ask first what you can do for your church.

Healthy church membership means you find your joy in being last, instead of seeking your way and being first.

Weak leaders of churches blame people and circumstances. Breakout church leaders accept responsibility and see God's possibilities in even difficult situations.

Churches should evaluate everything they do to determine how it can be done better.

Maximize all your gifts and potentials

I like the moment when I break a man's ego

Writing involves many [acts] tasks, not just generating text

The zombies were like Canadians, in that they looked enough like real people at first, to fool you.

I've seen people who have been coming to my shows for 25 years.

Rock me on the water Sister will you soothe my fevered brow Rock me on the water I'll get down to the sea somehow

When you think of how history is revealed, we know certain things to be facts at certain periods of time, which turn out not to be so factual as time marches on.

Trump was the logical outcome of the Republican's irrational, racialized backlash to Obama that had utterly come to dominate the party's thinking.

My ex-husband is not on social media or Facebook, which I find fascinating and I do not follow any [others]. I know that one of them follows me, which I find interesting.

It's much easier to make people cry than to laugh.