I am early in my story, but I believe I will stretch out into eternity, and in heaven I will reflect upon these early days, these days when it seemed God was down a dirt road, walking toward me. Years ago He was a swinging speck in the distance; now He is close enough I can hear His singing. Soon I will see the lines on His face.

Good writers show rather than tell. Stories are told in action. Life stories are no different.

I stay away from churches in which I feel like I have to pretend I'm a better person than I am. That sort of thing moves my faith backwards.

I am human because God made me. I experience suffering and temptation because mankind chose to follow Satan. God is reaching out to me to rescue me. I am learning to trust Him, learning to live by His precepts that I might be preserved.

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.

When we talk about the decline of the American family, I think we have to go back to the Industrial Revolution.

We live on top of the created world, I think to myself, not in it.