We are mortgaging our future.

Even though mother's issues are not front page news they touch us all personally, some more than others and I believe passionately in the power of grassroots engagement.

Common sense as well as common values all lead us. Our future depends upon it and our present is going to be vastly better when we get back to these basics.

Unacceptable Levels is Powerful. It tells the story of toxic chemicals in just about every aspect of our lives, and the egregious lack of regulation. Our ability to protect our families is at stake.

Most families need both parents to work. Moms need to be able to work and earn fair pay and have the flexibility in their jobs to also be primary caretakers.

The purpose of The Motherhood Manifesto is: mothers really need to be given the ability to parent.

We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better.

When you become active in the system and communicate to your representatives, and they don't vote in accordance with your values, your responsibility is to support candidates who will.

I have referred to myself as an accidental activist on more than one occasion.

I'm a mediator by training and inclination.

I find it odd that theres such strong objection to what is a clear way to assure that our elections are reliable and we can do a recount if there are any questions.

I want your scars, your darkness, your secrets. I want to see the interior of your soul.

In your attempts to heal this beloved one, the Holy Spirit finds opportunity to keep the promise of Jesus - and indeed, to heal.

I think there's something about a writer's disposition, that is, even if unaware, always slightly in a witness state.

I'd rather be a free man in my grave than living as a puppet or a slave.

One beloved friend reflects the other in an open, trusting relationship.

I'll continue to try and balance like a circus act. And I will just fight to always tell the truth. Even if it's difficult.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can't hit what the eyes can't see.

When an uninstructed multitude attempts to see with its eyes, it is exceedingly apt to be deceived.

When you have the paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside your home, the only thing you can control is how you respond publicly.

Idleness is righteous if it is comfortable. Uncomfortable idleness is sin & sinful waste.