It is the job of the novelist to touch the reader.

Oh, yes, I taught 13 and a half years. I taught English, first at a Catholic school and then at El Toro High School in Lake Forest, Calif.

I want God to be first in my life, so I'm putting Him first in my life today.

We are to make a plan for the day, pray over that plan, and then proceed with that plan. When we are willing to regard the unexpected as God's intervention, we can flex with the new plan, recognizing it as God's plan.

Expectations destroy our peace of mind. They are future disappointments, planned out in advance.

Apathy is a spiritual numbness that creeps in and corrupts the good that God intends for our life and the good that He wants us to accomplish for Him and His kingdom.

When we acknowledge God's supreme role in our life and set our mind on Him, He enables us to be women of hope.