Good morning, God. Another beautiful day. I'm still here, and so is the sun. Thank you. Right, now let's get down to business.

Grace has a way of sneaking up on you like that. When you least deserve it.

Trying to explain or define grace is like catching the wind in a cardboard box or describing the color green.

Maybe that's why Jesus was so fond of parables: Nothing describes the indescribable like a good yarn.

Sure, climbing Mount Everest would be cool, but that's something I would now like to do as a family. Big experiences like that I don't want to have on my own anymore. I want to share them.

ISIS has leadership, just like al Qaeda has leadership. It's important to be able to eliminate the individuals that are leading the organization.

Looking back at it now, I really feel like it was a gift because I don’t know if I have the talent to become a prima ballerina. It’s such a hard job to have. I don’t have any regrets about it.

Daddy's working boots have taken many steps for us.

It is not enough to be delivered from sin; it is enough to be delivered to righteousness.

Most British newspapers now have more columns than the Acropolis

We sit inert, like dead specimens of some museum, while lessons are pelted at us from on high, like hailstones on flowers.

The sky is falling. No, I'm tipping over backwards.

The trouble with most people is that they quit before they start.

For me, I love California. I feel like it's my second home in that I moved out by choice at eighteen. It gave me opportunities that I didn't have anywhere else.