Healing comes when our story is raw, bone-deep and full of hunger for what only Jesus can offer.

So take seriously the story that God has given you to live. It’s time to read your own life, because your story is the one that could set us all ablaze.

Christ never intended to cover up the dark side of life, but rather to illuminate a path through it.

The work of restoration cannot begin until a problem is fully faced.

Strength is found in weakness. Control is found in dependency. Power is found in surrender.

If we want to create a different future, we must have the courage to look at the past.

Every addiction is an attempt to slay hope.

Most people want to grow, but the price of growth is pain.

Every marriage moves either toward enhancing one another’s glory or toward degrading each other.

Stories don't give answers, but they do offer perspective.

The desire for beauty, the hunger for union, the passion to be part of something greater than self, all arise out of our bent to worship.

Most people fail in life because they were not prepared for the opportunities when they appeared.

How you talk to yourself, in your head, determines how you feel about yourself, and determines the actions you take.

Joy is love exalted

Flowers have to stretch to bloom.

My kids hear me behind my door, giggling like an idiot, and they roll their eyes at the blatant indignity of it all.

He (God) doesn't need me, but He desires me.

He’ll have to prove it to you. Every day, he’ll have to prove he’s worthy of you. And if he doesn’t, that’s it. But I think he will.

Any person who says their family is perfectly functional is lying.

Babies! What a wonderful way to start people!

I've always thought that one of the the great thing about physics is that you can add more digits to any number and see what happens and nobody can stop you.