I am thinking of our family's womenas faraway bulbs, their historywith crippling loss, and how I am pieced together, shell and sand, from the spine of their collective strength.

The gilded spiralOf longings within.Our very own cathedralThat points persistently to heaven.

Fireworks can make us both happy and sad. It just depends if we are talking about fireworks in the sky or fireworks with another.

My love for ice cream emerged at an early age - and has never left!

Everything that I am or will ever be is in the music. If you want to know me, just listen.

When we slow down, quiet the mind, and allow ourselves to feel hungry for something that we do not understand, we are dipping into the abundant well of spiritual longing.

News reporting is a cycle: No matter how much you work at sending a message, it's only successful if it's received.

You can't find a YouTube clip to become a craftsman, friend, parent - or disciple of Christ. It's all of grace. And to grow in that grace, you need two things: time and community.

If I hear a song like "Time After Time." I'm sittin' there lookin' at video and Cindy Lauper comes on singin' this song. I said, "God damnnnnn!"

Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain.

I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules.