The book [ One Thousand Gifts] took just over a year to write, on the fringe hours, early and late, around home educating 6 kids and farming and blogging.

The only way to care for the disadvantaged - is to disadvantage yourself -which is guaranteed to turn out for your advantage.

God reveals Himself in rearview mirrors.

Satan's sin becomes the first sin of all humanity: the sin of ingratitude. Adam and Eve are, simply, painfully ungrateful for what God gave.

Any kind of love that lacks the iron of the Cross in it, is anemic love.

You, who were made by Love, made for love-- be still and know and watch love come down.

Remembering with thanks is what causes us to trust - to really believe.