“Your message is only as loud as the actions that accompany it. Live your message and it will be heard loud and clear.”

“Faith is about the connection of people as much as it is about God. We are called to be in community and treat others with divine love.”

“If, in your attempt to follow Jesus, you exclude, condemn or discriminate against someone, you are doing it wrong.”

“Part of leadership is preparing those who follow to someday go on ahead without you.”

“We need to be the church that serves and loves people now, today, exactly where they are. Until then, we are simply managing decline.”

“When listeners become leaders, the world changes.”

“Before, I wanted to say: "I found love!" But now, I want to say: "I found a person. And he belongs to me and I belong to him.”

“You see," she concluded miserably, "when I can call like that to him across space--I belong to him. He doesn't love me--he never will--but I belong to him.”

“Every lake belongs to the quietness desired by the swans.”

“The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes, because God is interested in good craftsmanship.”

“And while I may get hurt, disappointed, or frustrated [], my foundation doesnt have to change.”

“Its important to take Gods love personally, though it may not be an easy thing to do. Sure, God loves the world, but he also loves each one of us individually.”

“Godly character is what you are when you've been tried and proven. It is not what you say you are, or what people think you are but, instead, it is what shines through after you have suffered and h...”

“Sometimes the right thing to do will cost us our greatest sacrifices, but the rewards will always outweigh our losses”

“I wish to walk and keep the ways of God”