It is by seeing, looking and choosing to not turn away that we gain God's heart, that we grow in faith.

Prayer is the bridge over which the Kingdom of God comes to the earth.

Only you can impact the world in the way that God uniquely assigned to you.

The moment of Jesus' greatest glory was on the cross, dying as our substitute.

No human being can prevent you from giving. Because no human being controls God’s agenda.

Faith does not grow in a house of certainty.

Even though he said no store in uncanny things, he was soldier enough to value with whatever weapon came to hand.

Patience is both the tool for and the result of, our efforts.

Parents must try to be, or at least put forth their best efforts to be, what they wish [their] children to be. It is impossible for you to be an example of what you are not.

Well, if you’d let me explain before you went bolting outta the room, then you’d know, wouldn’t you? It seems to me that you’re quite dead. So I’ve come to collect you.” –Sam

I'm an optimist in my heart - I'm a hopeless pollyanna just like my mother - but a pessimist in my head. I think that's the dialectic we all need to be in.

I am fully and intensely aware that plants are conscious of love and respond to it as they do to nothing else.

Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance.

The worst thing for a singer/songwriter is to run out of songs.

I try to make the best of the opportunities that have been given to me.