Material blessings fade and deteriorate, but your riches in Christ are everlasting.

God begins molding a mother after His own heart on the inside-in the inner woman and her heart-and then works outward.

Each day is precious when we consider what we can do to serve God and His Kingdom.

One of the greatest advantages of singleness is the potential for greater focus on Christ and accomplishing work for Him.

Creating the characters is the most creative part of the novel except for the language itself. There I am, sitting in front of my computer in right-brain mode, typing the things that come to mind - which become the seeds of plot. It's scary, though, because I always wonder: Is it going to be there this time?

It's one thing to have a goal, but it's quite another thing to actually accept the challenge, develop a strategy to press for the goal, make the sacrifices, pay the price to move forward, and blessing of blessing, to realize some part of it.

I don't think anyone could write about another culture and get it 100 percent accurate.