Instead of giving someone a piece of your mind, it turns out far better if you give them a piece of your heart.

Every time I surrender to stress, aren’t I advertising the unreliability of God?

I don't want a Christmas you can buy. I don't want a Christmas you can make. What I want is a Christmas you can hold. A Christmas that holds me, remakes me, revives me. I want a Christmas that whispers, Jesus.

Real joy is not found in having the best of everything but in trusting that God is making the best of everything.

Every moment I live, I live bowed to something. And if I don't see God, I'll bow down before something else.

In our rushing, bulls in china shops, we break our own lives.

[Bill Jensen] shared his extensive publishing background with me, and prayerfully offered to work out a proposal and to see if God opened any publishing doors? I never get over the unexpected ways of God.