You have done well, " Grandfather said. "We thank you.""We were afraid sometimes, " Jetsam replied."Good." Grandfather's eyes smiled. "That means you had the courage to keep trying.

Be sure to lie to your kids about the benevolent, all-seeing Santa Claus. It will prepare them for an adulthood of believing in God.

I guess all the time I spend on social media has made me believe that love exists above the surface, that it’s supposed to be light all of the time.

Management" of anything as complicated as a woods requires more humility than comes easily to our species, at least in its American incarnation.

Faith sees God's face in every human face.

Lies and victimhood make evil possible

I eat at this German-Chinese restaurant and the food is delicious. The only problem is that an hour later you're hungry for power.

The future may require not so much having a new idea as stopping having an old idea.

I would love to be like a Brian McKnight. Shoot, I'd love to be Brian McKnight.

It is my conviction that the root of evil is the want of a living God.

After Fifty Shades of Grey, I think my writing is pretty tame, isn't it?