Holy joy lies in the habit of murmuring thanks to God for the smallest of graces.

Is the height of my chara joy dependent on the depths of my eucharisteo thanks?

So my blog wasn't about "platform" but really, it was everything you are not "supposed" to do in blogging.

We all get to choose where we set up the stage of our lives - before the Crowds, the Court, the Congregation, the Critics (inner or otherwise)-- or the Cross of Christ. All except One will assess your performance. Only One will accept you before your performance ... Only in Jesus is there 100% acceptance before even 1% performance.

Sometimes you don’t know when you’re taking the first step through a door until you’re already inside.

Really, the greatest compliments about a book [One Thousand Gifts] are never about the book, or the author of the book, but about the reader and God and how the pages helped them connect at a deeper level.

The bravest love is wildly faithful and it falls hard again every morning... It knows what we seek may be found in what we already have... it's grace and fresh gratitude that can make us strong enough to marvel in the seeming monotony of anything... And the happily married have eyes that look long enough to make the familiar new.