The difference between a ‘man’ and a ‘father’ is that the former shares his genes, but latter gives his life.

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.

Where do they go, these dreams of mine? Do they live? Do they die? Do they fall? Do they fly?

The Holy Spirit can rejuvenate a tired Christian, captivate an indifferent believer, and empower a dry church.

Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that's a pity.

Any therapist will tell you that when you're ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren't ready.

You are the director of your own life story. Don't cast idiots or people will walk out during your 2nd act.

All I want is for people not to see me as this cartoon monster.

It is a common error to imagine that to be stirring and voluble in a worthy cause is to be good and to do good.

The beginning of the end can feel a lot like the middle when you are living in it.

I hold it a blasphemy to say that the Creator resides in a temple from which a particular class of His devotees sharing faith in it are excluded.

That optimist of yours is always ready to turn hell's backyard into a play-ground.