When America doesn't act, bad things happen

Because gratitude is the key to happiness, anything that undermines gratitude must undermine happiness. And nothing undermines gratitude as much as expectations. There is an inverse relationship between expectations and gratitude: The more expectations you have, the less gratitude you will have.

Parents are flawed human beings who are given a role that more approximates that of God than of mere mortals.

I can't think of a greater single vehicle to goodness and a better world than if everyone battled their own natures

The words 'I'm sorry' are so powerful that it's almost difficult to overstate

Those of you who love the Lord should hate evil

Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful for, sometimes even perplexed by, how much misery I have been spared.