Faith is the resplendent key that liberates me from the impregnable confines meticulously constructed from the raw material of my disbelief.

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.

When we fellowship with people, we fellowship with God

An intangible substance, make up the world around us. But ironically, must still only foolishly trust, in what they can see or touch.

Self-esteem wasn't the issue for my parents or their parents. Survival was their primary goal.

Ugster vinyl pumps, Partridge Family records, plastic daisy jewelry, old postcards. . . . It's a magpie Christmas market.

If you have a bald head don't walk out in the sun because you will get burned.

There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.

Give Him your mess and let it become your message.

Speak from your mind and people will hear you with their mind. Speak from your heart and people will hear you with their heart.

Every being is in search of truth, but small fears go on preventing you.

I was steeped in the understanding that if 'something is Roman [Catholic], it must be wrong.