I go to church as an expression of my need for God and for God's family.

When I pray for another person, I am praying for God to open my eyes so that I can see that person as God does, and then enter into the stream of love that God already directs toward that person.

I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will make sense only in reverse.

Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.

In a nutshell, the Bible from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22 tells the story of a God reckless with desire to get his family back.

Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.

The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.

Any discussion of how pain and suffering fit into God's scheme ultimately leads back to the cross.

No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument.

In the stories of extravagant grace given to us by Jesus, there are no loopholes disqualifying us from God's love.

I doubt God keeps track of how many arguments we win; God may indeed keep track of how well we love.

Begin to invest your time into research and studies about how you could impact your world positively because only through the proper conversion of time could you become great.

Each moment only once

The deliberative sense of the community should govern.

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, but usually fiction is just better.

I do cardio. I run. I strength-train using my own body weight. I don't like free weights, because I build muscle easily.

The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not.

You can make some inferences about a man's character if you know something about the conditions in which he has survived and prospered.

I want to spark ideas and conversations and inspire people to take active roles in their communities, relationships and their well-being.

It is a glorious thing To be a Pirate King.

The maxim of the British people is 'business as usual.'