If there's a perfect family out there, we're all happy for that family. But most families aren't perfect. Most families are living with some sort of challenge or some sort of difficulty.

Worry and worship cannot exist in the same space. One always displaces the other. Choose worship.

God is always seeking you. Every sunset. Every clear blue sky. Each ocean wave. The starry hosts of night. He blankets each new day with the invitation, ‘I am here.’

God's plans for your life far exceed the circumstances of your day.

Humility is not a character trait to develop, it's the natural by-product of being with Jesus.

When the enemy comes with shame and blame, tell him to go measure the distance from east to west and get back to you.

If only we knew what was happening when we pray, we would never cease to pray.

God calls each and every star by name. It’s not likely He has forgotten yours.

Accept the fact that you're never gonna be someone else and embrace the fact that the world needs you as God made you to be.

Sin doesn't make us bad, sin makes us dead. The gospel doesn't make us better, the gospel makes us alive.

The Father doesn't give life directions in one big bundle because the goal is knowing Him, not the plan.

An orchestra of temple bells and chanting erupted suddenly like a pleasing drizzle.

Be wary of smooth talkers. Words are rarely at your disposal if something is wholly, truly, completely true.

Heart and character have no gender, religion nor color.

IN THE MIND’S EYE, a fractal is a way of seeing infinity.

I sat in the dark and thought: There’s no big apocalypse. Just an endless procession of little ones.

We had to break up, though. We wanted different things - like he wanted kids and I wanted him to hear.

I struggled with that notion early in my career. 'I know this is funny but nobody is laughing.' This thought occurred for years.

My mom was always saying: 'Be whatever you want to be, but stick with it. Don't waver. Don't change who you are for anybody.

Substance must emanate from spirit and is nothing else than the record of the spirit's conception of itself finding expression in space and time.

I like talking to engineers best. They built bridges, they're very precise, very disciplined, yet I find they have roving minds.