I learned to pray out of desperation. For most of us, this is how the adventure usually begins. When we finally get serious about prayer, the trigger is usually desperation, not duty.... We don't pray because we ought, we pray because we are without any other recourse.

Within seconds thoughts become words that slip off our tongue and into the world. Pausing before we speak may seem cumbersome, but it allows us to decide: Is this helpful? Does this need to be said now? What is the best way to say this?

In reading our newspapers today, we can see how God is setting the table, getting everything in order, preparing the way for Christ to return.

Happiness comes from holiness. You can't truly be happy unless you're hungry for Jesus Christ.

Parental love is unconditional, and so is God's love. No matter what a child of God has done against Him, or feels he or she has done that cannot be forgiven, God still loves that wondering soul.

Every time we deny ourselves in order to serve someone else, we grow in Christ.

In the state of grace, there is no such thing as opportunity lost that cannot be found.