“A good dad will fulfill his daughter's requestbut only if it's the right gift, at the right time. Sometimes he may give the gracious gift of saying no. But alwaysalwayshe cares about his child's re...”

“Maybe that's the definition of true contentment: choosing to rest in who God is, regardless of the circumstances.”

“All along I'd vaguely assumed the emptiness and the pain meant I was doing something wrong. But maybe it was all just part of the process so something new could be born. First the barrenness, to ma...”

“The dripping blood our only drink,The bloody flesh our only food:In spite of which we like to thinkThat we are sound, substantial flesh and blood--Again, in spite of that, we call this Friday good.”

“...the secret to joy is to keep seeking God where we doubt He is.”

“Joy is thankfulness, and when we are joyful, that is the best expression of thanks we can offer the Lord, Who delivers us from sorrow and sin.”