No matter how much tarnish you think is on the tabernacle of your heart, you still shine because of God's love.

Take time today to pause every now and then, take a deep breath of that moment, and know that God loves you. He will whisper "I love you" in a 1000 different ways.

You have to unzip your heart before you unzip your pants.

Everyone has a bad hair day; the trick is not to have one on picture day.

I blog; therefore, I am.

Trying to coach kindergarteners in soccer is like trying to herd cats.

Finding a really good weblog is like finding the peanuts in a box of Cracker Jacks. They are in there, but you have to hunt for them. And when you find one, you savor it.

God is to creation as silence is to sound.

A definition of faith: everything will be alright by God's standards, maybe not ours, but by His for sure.

The person who can not bear with a sick man or a baby is not fit to be a woman.

Believe in yourself and the power of your inner strength.

Glee! The great storm is over!

A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.

You always want to start with a bang and put your best food forward.

When all else fails, take a vacation.

The more tightly you cling to your faith, the looser your grip is on reality.

In our lives a dog is a dog rather than a former wolf, and it surely is not a cat, a difference that means an enormous amount to some people.

What is best in music is not to be found in the notes.

I have known people throughout my years of playing where maybe they had a gig, but then lost the gig because they didn't really move forward with them.