A true and safe leader is likely to be one who has no desire to lead, but is forced into a position of leadership by the inward pressure of the Holy Spirit and the press of the external situation.

A whole new generation of Christians has come up believing that it is possible to 'accept' Christ without forsaking the world.

Worshipers never leave church...we carry our sanctuary with us wherever we go.

Faith is not a conclusion you reach...it's a journey you live.

Jesus Christ knows the worst about you. Nonetheless, He is the one who loves you the most.

The only Christian you want to listen to is the one who gives you more of a hunger for God.

God's Word is true whether we believe it or not. Human unbelief cannot alter the character of God.

Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will.

What's closest to your heart is what you talk about, and if God is close to your heart, you'll talk about Him.

When I understand that everything happening to me is to make me more Christlike, it resolves a great deal of anxiety.

If your life does not worship God, your lips do not worship God either.

The gift of today is the gift of time.

I explore the mind of souls in stories.

The ones who love your dark are the only light you'll ever need.

The brief silence that follows is as tender as arainstorm of daisies.

If you feel like giving up, give up on that feeling and give into the realization there are endless possibilities waiting to be discovered before you.

Nobody wants to give up a weekend-long excuse to dress up and attempt to outshine one another.

At that moment the ghost dance seems to Zinnia like the relationship of two people who never quite consummate the love they feel for each other.

He who would tell divers tales must know how to vary the tune.

Most people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.

If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul.