Without fear I can acknowledge that the authentic Christian tension is not between life and death, but between life and life.

Be daring enough to be different, humble enough to make mistakes, wild enough to be burnt in the fire of love, real enough to make others see how phony you are.

God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.

To be alive is to be broken; to be broken is to stand in need of grace.

My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.

A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.

In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.

To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and what God's grace means.

Jesus comes not for the super-spiritual but for the wobbly and the weak-kneed who know they don’t have it all together, and who are not too proud to accept the handout of amazing grace.

Our identity rests in God's relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.

In Love's service, only wounded soldiers can serve.

What are we, in this boundless and glowing world?

Cultivating your value proposition in life is the way to move forward. You are the raw material of your own destiny.

The newspapers print what the people want, and thus does the savage still swing his club and flourish his spear.

If you wanna find the honey / You can't be scared of the bees.

Businesses get better only when the people in the business get better.

Our preachers weren't always right, but they were never in doubt.

Your own voice is the voice that carries you through life the best.

Lindsay Lohan isn't a DJ, but because of her celebrity power she can do a gig somewhere, put her name on a flyer, and she'll probably bring in more people and make more money than I ever will.

I'm a great songwriter, but I'm not the most talented musician.

Cast a spell and the small flaws don't matter. (From Workbook)