Our culture says that feelings of love are the basis for actions of love. And of course that can be true. But it is truer to say that actions of love can lead consistently to feelings of love.

The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.

Friends become wiser together through a healthy clash of viewpoints.

[Spiritual friendship] is eagerly helping one another know, serve, love, and resemble God in deeper and deeper ways.

Like a surgeon, friends cut you in order to heal you.

While your character flaws may have created mild problems for other people, they will create major problems for your spouse and your marriage.

A common vision can unite people of very different temperaments.

Real love, the Bible says, instinctively desires permanence.

Only with time do we really learn who the other person is and come to love the person for him- or herself and not just for the feelings and experiences they give us.

What keeps the marriage going is your commitment to your spouse's holiness.

Intuition knows what the mind can't see yet.

I had six silly tattoos done when I was young and I bitterly regret them. I've thought about laser surgery, but that leaves a scar, so I'm just leaving them.

Knowledge is power only when put to use - and then only when the use made of it is constructive.

Absolutely. I would never have tripped. I'm far too graceful

My singing is a mix between Jericho/ Fergie/ Jesus

Time is a seedfield; in youth we sow it with causes; in after life we reap the harvest of effects.

The best way to express rhythm is music.

My father was adopted. He grew up in the Italian household.

If you believe within your soul, just hold on tight and don't let go! You can make it, make it happen

I intentionally abandoned the hard stuff early on because not only do I think it's useless, I think it's a distraction.