Jesus wastes none of our stories, even our tales of woe. He transforms them into epic adventures where we dare to face our past for the sake of our present.

We cannot let the haters of this world define us. Or frighten us into no longer being ourselves.

Worry is a weighty monster with poisoned tentacles. It clutches at us, grabs at our minds, steals our breath, our will. It lurks. It pounces. It colors how we perceive the world.

When the world careens out of control, we can rest in the fact that God spun this world with a simple word. Matter from emptiness. Beauty from void. Community from chaos.

God's heart…is not that we escape our lot, but that we learn to thrive in the midst of it.

Dare to be brave today, and trust that when you extend your wings, you will fly.

Because the culture we breathe and work in rushes against rest. It equates our worth with production and wealth and fame. The more we work toward those goals, the more society assigns us worth.

Growth comes from God, to those with surrendered, yielded hearts.

We may not understand the pathways God lays out before us. We may not even like walking the journey. But even in failure, we can trust that He’ll do more than we expect.

Jesus often calls us to risk. He asks us to be vulnerable, to be authentic, so others can see Him in and through us.

As I look back over my mountains of growth and compare them to the molehills where I stagnated, community often made the difference.

Our ancestors built temples for their gods. We build department stores.

Life is a journey learn how to evolve spiritually.

Never take lightly that becoming an employer puts another person’s ability to provide for their life in your hands.

Someone is assigned to not only hear your heart's song but will strum your heart strings melodically. Listen with your heart.

No trilogy should have more than four books.

A warrior lives by acting, not by thinking about acting, nor by thinking about what he will think when he has finished acting.

Media scrutiny is a great trademark of the American political arena.

I wanted to invent an engine that could run for ever. I could have developed a new train, had I stayed in the railway. It would have looked like the AK-47 though.

I get maximum satisfaction out of buying children's clothes online.

I will not quarrel with a slight mistake, Such as our nature's frailty may excuse.