“If my children think I'm genuine, no one else's opinion matters to me.”

“Peace is one of the most obvious earmarks of the authority of Christ.”

“God does not save us to make us forget our heritage, but to complete it.”

“Aloneness exaggerates our emotions and sensitivity.”

“Only God can make the common sacred.”

“When her daughter was frightened of a thunderstorm, the author pointed out the verse which declares the Heavens reveal the glory of God. When another storm occurred, her daughter ran to the window....”

“Jesus-shaped spirituality hears Jesus say "believe and repent," but the call that resonates most closely in the heart of a disciple is "follow me." The command to follow requires that we take a dai...”

“The engine that drives all your activities is hope. What you hope in shapes you.”

“I assumed my first undivided responsibility.”

“Become a man or woman of prayer...Let your heart and mind be kept close to the principal calling of your life, which is to hunger and thirst after God and His righteousness...Let the thoughts and i...”

“Intimacy with God is not experienced through monolog prayers but through reflective listening as well as earnest petitioning.”

“Worldlings pray to the Lord in times of need, when it serves their turn. They cry to Him in trouble, but forsake Him in prosperity.”

“The first function of mythology is showing everything as a metaphor to transcendence.”