It's not our church; it's God's - it's not our responsibility to run it!

While I wholeheartedly believe in choosing to approach every challenge with a great attitude, I don't mean that we should abandon authenticity and live in fantasyland.

Man is the only animal that when you pat him on the head, his head swells up.

Jesus kept it simple. The lesson wasn't complicated. 'I speak; you believe My word; your son will be fine.' We complicate what God has made simple by seeing the world through human eyes. We want to see in order to believe and presume that our limitations are His.

I know of no realm of life that can provide more companionship in a lonely world or greater feelings of security and purpose in chaotic times than the close ties of a family.

Laughter is the most beautiful and beneficial therapy God ever granted humanity.

If you never get criticized, chances are you aren't getting anything done.