Money is a cheap but powerful substitute for Jesus, and wielding money is intoxicating, but it won't usher in the kingdom of God, nor will it ensure eternal treasures.

We cannot let the haters of this world define us. Or frighten us into no longer being ourselves.

Worry is a weighty monster with poisoned tentacles. It clutches at us, grabs at our minds, steals our breath, our will. It lurks. It pounces. It colors how we perceive the world.

When the world careens out of control, we can rest in the fact that God spun this world with a simple word. Matter from emptiness. Beauty from void. Community from chaos.

God's heart…is not that we escape our lot, but that we learn to thrive in the midst of it.

Dare to be brave today, and trust that when you extend your wings, you will fly.

Because the culture we breathe and work in rushes against rest. It equates our worth with production and wealth and fame. The more we work toward those goals, the more society assigns us worth.

Growth comes from God, to those with surrendered, yielded hearts.

We may not understand the pathways God lays out before us. We may not even like walking the journey. But even in failure, we can trust that He’ll do more than we expect.

Jesus often calls us to risk. He asks us to be vulnerable, to be authentic, so others can see Him in and through us.

As I look back over my mountains of growth and compare them to the molehills where I stagnated, community often made the difference.

We have never heard the devil's side of the story, God wrote all the book.

Knowledge of the [five] senses (indriya gnan) creates all kinds of intents. Knowledge beyond senses (ati-indriya gnan) doesn’t allow any intent to occur!

Linc was so amazed at what he saw and heard, “This is sooo cool. I love this place. This looks way better than a day spotting weird people at Walmart.

If we only wanted to be happy it would be easy but we want to be happier than other people which is almost always difficult since we think them happier than they are.

That the apostolic office is temporary, is a plain historical fact.

Elevate. Each day, live to elevate yourself, each day elevate one person. Make elevation your religion and you shall reach infinity.

It's funny, these days, if you want money, you can create an App or some kind of tech thing and make a billion dollars.

As marvelous as the stars is the mind of the person who studies them.

Since Caesar, we know his historians are liars. The good writers get read. Bad history doesn't get read.

Logic ignores the almost, just as the sun ignores the candle.