Tripping is embarrassing, but I have learned that where we stumble is the place we dig for gold—where we trip is where the treasure lies.

A passion to obey Christ is born out of our relationship with him. The more we love him, the more we want him to be a part of our affairs.

Define your times. Treasure your calling. Pray without ceasing. The terrors of the age are less than the grandeur of the Christ within you.

Those who fervently love God are intoxicated by His warmth and live out their addiction like moths drawn to a flame.

We must look to Mary's example to know how to deal with the glorious impossibilities of God. Look how she turned the world upside down by making one simple statement.

It is not such a fiercesome thing to lead once you see your leadership as part of God's overall plan for His world.

The world is poor because her fortune is buried in the sky and all her treasure maps are of the earth.

Love is substance; Lust, illusion. Only in the surge of passion do the two mingle in confusion.

With love that knew no fear, the Singer caught his torment, wrapped it all in song and gave it back to him as peace.

Death is a confirmation of the believer's creed. For the skeptic it is discovery, immense and late.

Beware, O earth, the prophet who claims to know the time but never wears a watch.

Everything that happens to you matters to me.

Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.

At the unconscious level, Americans believe that good people succeed, that success is bestowed upon you by God. Your success demonstrates that God loves you.

The great blessing and great cruelty of youth is that there seems to be time enough.

And still I stood looking at the house, thinking how happy I should be if I lived there with her, and knowing that I never was happy with her, but always miserable.

A scale is only in balance for a brief second. Inevitably the pendulum swings. It's impossible to maintain.

My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too.

The killing of innocent people is a sin.

My sister is an ER doctor and my brother is a teacher.

I tend to keep my mind open to the different forms of art out there and I am always willing to try new stuff.