Only speak words that make souls stronger.

Parenting is about preparing children to get along with each other, to get along with you and without you, and that it's impossible to get along without God.

I think it was simply word of mouth that made it a New York Timesbestseller for more than 60 weeks, over a year. People being moved and changed and transformed by the book [One Thousand Gifts] and wanting to share that with hurting people all around them.

The joy of the Lord is your strength and the person of Christ is your unassailable joy - and the battle for joy is nothing less than fighting the good fight of faith.

There are two kinds of doubt: one that fully lives into the questions, and one that uses the questions as weapons against fully living.

Kathie Lee [Gifford] invited me to come to New York for lunch with her - and surprised with an unexpected shout out again for One Thousand Gifts on the show and graciously asked a few questions on camera. Indebted to her and the people who read and looked for Jesus in the pages and shared the hope and joy of Him - right where they are.

God doesn't want your leftovers. God wants your love overtures, your first-overs, because He is your first love.