“Tough times don't define you, they refine you. ”

“Most people like it when the pastor says, "family is priority." What they don't like very much is when the pastor actually chooses his own family as the priority over them.”

“Going to church is a beautiful act of humility. You are saying to the world, "I need God and His family.”

“Our weakness is an invitation to discover God's strength.”

“Dear church, John the baptist died for exposing the sins of others. Jesus died to actually pay for the sins of others.John was great, but we should not follow his model. Our model is Christ. So let...”

“Even if you feel wronged, respond right.”

“Tough times don't define you, they refine you. ”

“Abba is not Hebrew, the language of liturgy, but Aramaic, the language of home and everyday life We need to be wary of the suggestion that the correct translation of Abba is Daddy. Abba is the in...”

“Don't let hard lessons harden your heart.”

“Love by its very nature is extravagant, but we poor human beings, so caught up in fear and worry, limit the very love we were created to bring into the world.”

“He had a charm about him sometimes, a warmth that was irresistible, like sunshine. He planted Saffy triumphantly on the pavement, opened the taxi door, slung in his bag, gave a huge film-star wave,...”

“He promised us that everything would be okay. I was a child, but I knew that everything would not be okay. That did not make my father a liar. It made him my father.”

“1. I think what haunts many people in the world is to lose something they love, something they value, and someone they care for, for me it was my father, I was losing him when I met him. I felt lif...”