Our sins are never too great for God to forgive.

You're never so bad you can't have a Savior, no matter how much you've sinned.

Children who know they are loved, know they have a purpose, and know they have a hope are prepared for anything this world wants to dish up.

Every day life must always be lived against the backdrop of eternity.

The issue isn't-nor should it ever be-how weak our child is, but rather how strong our God is.

Living a good life may keep you out of jail, but it cannot keep you out of hell.

Fear based parenting is the surest way to create intimidated children.

My job as a parent is a temporary responsibility with eternal consequences.

Getting into heaven has nothing to do with what we do for Christ, but rather what He has already done for us.

Until kids find something worth dying for, they don't have anything worth living for.

I don't like a kind of workshop that is about editing--I don't want to sit there and be an editor. I don't want to tell someone how to "fix" a poem.

Pushing through fear was what eventually set you free.

I don't eat food, I eat fat.

He had the ruthlessness of uninterrupted success.

You're not lost, so long as you know your way back home.

It's all about money, not freedom. You think you're free? Try going somewhere without money.

. . . 'twill turn your eyeballs black and blue.

I like to dance, but not in the air.

I do a nice sloppy first draft like everybody else. And then just work at it and work at it and groom it. I get input from other people.

Don't let the fact that you're spending time getting organized result in late fees on your credit card bills.