Loss is the uninvited door that extends us an unexpected invitation to unimaginable possibilities.

We ask, ‘Why the need for God?’ Maybe the better question is ‘Why the need not to need Him?’ And could it be that that question in fact evidences our need for Him?

You are not made in ‘your image’. You are, in fact, made in ‘God’s image’. Therefore, which one are you looking for when you look in the mirror?

If I’ve prayed, I never have to worry about being the first one to show up.

In the end, if we don't have God we don't have anything other than an end.

The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise.

Faith is rare because fear is rampant. For faith will demand that I step into places that fear itself fears to go.

Forgiveness allows the burdens that we carry to become the histories that we forget.

When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we are using wisdom to overcome cowardice.

I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors tend to lead to the worst places.

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

I shudder at the thought of men....I'm due to fall in love again

We are to give (and take) true love without falling into the narcissistic habit of only trying to take it in.

There is not a single outward mark of courtesy that does not have a deep moral basis.

I'm lucky. I think it's good that I have a body of work that addresses different things in different ways.

When you write about real life, there's always a chance that somebody involved is going to see it and get upset.

If you have Julia Roberts in a movie youre never really afraid for her because you know shes not going to die.

If the flag needs protection at all, it needs protection from members of Congress who value the symbol more than the freedoms that the flag represents.

Make the decision to do what Jesus Christ has asked you to do.

Life without chocolate is just an existence

I went through the process of auditioning like every other struggling actress in this town.