The more you openly name your struggles, the less people can use your silence as a back door to blackmail you, to sabotage your leadership, or to subvert relationships within the organization.

So take seriously the story that God has given you to live. It’s time to read your own life, because your story is the one that could set us all ablaze.

Christ never intended to cover up the dark side of life, but rather to illuminate a path through it.

The work of restoration cannot begin until a problem is fully faced.

Healing comes when our story is raw, bone-deep and full of hunger for what only Jesus can offer.

Strength is found in weakness. Control is found in dependency. Power is found in surrender.

If we want to create a different future, we must have the courage to look at the past.

Every addiction is an attempt to slay hope.

Most people want to grow, but the price of growth is pain.

Every marriage moves either toward enhancing one another’s glory or toward degrading each other.

Stories don't give answers, but they do offer perspective.

The wish to gain complete possession of somebody is expressed most plainly by jealousy. Jealousy is never a sign of love. It only indicates fear of not being able to hold another person.

Ignorance is no reason with a fool for holding his tongue.

Added pressure and responsibility should not change one's leadership style, it should merely expose that which already exists.

To understand the magic way of thinking you have to know non-magic thinking. If you see that clearly, you will see how many magic thoughts are necessary elements even of natural science today.

New York is a city where people are ambitious. They want things.

I have an excuse to show off my love of history, and my interest in cosmology.

Politics has become very unpredictable, making things so very difficult for individuals and also for companies.

Tarzan is direct; he doesn't ask Jane if they might have a meaningful relationship or if they can get together for lunch sometime.

The reality is that baby boomers are turning senior citizens and not only is it inhumane, but the system will go broke. There needs to be wholesale change.

Every good servant does not all commands.