Grace is God loving, God stooping, God coming to the rescue, God giving himself generously in and through Jesus Christ.

We should not ask, ‘What is wrong with the world?’ for that diagnosis has already been given. Rather we should ask, “What has happened to salt and light?

A Christian should resemble a fruit tree with real fruit, not a Christmas tree with decorations tied on

We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior.

The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.

We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.

What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy Spirit.

We are sent into the world, like Jesus, to serve. For this is the natural expression of our love for our neighbors. We love. We go. We serve.

The Christian's chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement.

Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they cannot live together in harmony

Christians who neglect the Bible simply do not mature.

Knowledge is power. The moment the masses acquire this power, control fades. And when control fades, chaos erupts.

Sign of a leader - Believe in others.....

It's funny how your initial approach to a person can determine your feelings toward them no matter what facts develop later on.

The two party system just means that the corporations cut two checks instead of one.

I write from real life. I am an unrepentant eavesdropper and a collector of stories. I record bits of overheard dialogue.

The Artist should not forget his mission, perhaps the most religious of all, of sustaining faith in the worthwhileness of art and thus of life.

Missing pieces do more than complete the puzzle, they fill in an empty space.

I've been sober for 25. And every day I am very grateful that I don't drink.

Perfectionism is the mother of procrastination.

There's a wealth that has nothing to do with dollars, that comes from the perspective and wisdom of paying attention to your life.