A thin line separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. Our lives constantly walk that line. When we slip off on one side or the other, we're taken by surprise. But who said there wouldn't be surprises? Knowing God just means that all the rules will be fair; at the end of our life drama, we'll see that. We never know how things will turn out, but if we know with certainty they will make sense regardless of how they turn out, we're on to something.

Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to go there right away.

Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.

Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella.

Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos.

My karma just ran over my dogma.

I don't have to figure out why or how or when. God has a plan, and I'm committed to it. That commitment frees me from having to worry about the details.