The giant step in the walk of faith is the one we take when we decide God no longer is a part of our lives. He IS our life.

Christian hedonists don't discount suffering, they just don't give up until they find the gain in loss.

A pair of hands clasped in earnest prayer is the best means we have this side of heaven to hang onto Jesus for dear life.

Jealousy takes root in the soil of insecurity.

Peace comes in situations completely surrendered to the sovereign authority of Christ.

We long to find someone who has been where we've been, who shares our fragile places, who sees our sunsets with the same shades of blue. Soul mates. They somehow validate the depth of our experiences.

When God says go forward, don't even think about standing still.