If there is one characteristic more than others that contemporary public worship needs to recapture it is this awe before the surpassingly great and gracious God.

God is to me that creative force, behind and in the universe, who manifests Himself as energy, as life, as order, as beauty, as thought, as conscience, as love.

God is to me that creative Force behind and in the universe who manifests Himself as energy as life as order as beauty as thought as conscience as love.

...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.

And I'm a pretty positive person - I don't put a lot of energy into worrying, and I'm not a person who lives in a great deal of fear.

I desire that on no occasion ... shall demonstrations of a political or religious character be made before my remains.

Behold the life at ease; it drifts, The sharpened life commands its course.

I think that the way of bringing realism into fantasy is to treat it as the commonplace.

The more you have loved and have allowed yourself to suffer because of your love, the more you will be able to let your heart grow wider and deeper.

It's more than personal. I can't screw it up. I have to do.

I won't stick around to see how much temptation I can take. God is not impressed with my ability to stand up to sin. He is more impressed by the obedience I show when I run from it.

I've never really played golf. With the sax, I learned technique well enough so that it feels like part of my body, and I just express myself. That's where I want to get in golf.

A successful collaboration is all about trust and respect. If you show people trust they will perform better.