Every intimacy carries secreted somewhere below its initial lovely surfaces, the ever-coiled makings of complete catastrophe.

Marriage is not simply a romantic union between two people; it's also a political and economic contract of the highest order.

Lay your wishes aside for a spell, and look deep into what you believe about yourself. Make sure your beliefs about your own life are anchored in greatness, in holiness, in worth, in grace, in joy, in excitement -in internal certainties rather than external circumstances. Because that belief? That's where you're heading, no matter what it may look like on the outside.

God wants us to be in joy, God wants us to be happy.

I consider a good dinner party at our house to be where people drink and eat more than they're meant to.

You know the old adage: Plant an expectation, reap a disappointment.

The problem, simply put, is that we cannot choose everything simultaneously. So we live in danger of becoming paralyzed by indecision, terrified that every choice might be the wrong choice.