A leader - whether in the home, church, business, community, or government - has authority due to her role, but her positional power will not bring about good for individuals or organizations unless it is backed up by the capital of character.

Most people want to grow, but the price of growth is pain.

A reluctant leader is highly suspicious of people who work to accumulate and hoard power.

So take seriously the story that God has given you to live. It’s time to read your own life, because your story is the one that could set us all ablaze.

The work of restoration cannot begin until a problem is fully faced.

[Biblical counseling] Must insist that the image of God is central to developing a solid view of personality; that our sinfulness, not how we've been sinned against, is our biggest problem; that forgiveness, not wholeness, is our greatest need; that repentance, not insight, is the dynamic in all real change.

Courage never takes away fear; courage simply redistributes fear to get the job done.