Jesus' death wasn't to free us from dying, but to free us from the fear of death. Jesus came to liberate us so that we could die up front and then live. Jesus Christ wants to take us to places where only dead men and women can go.

It's not your freedom to choose that makes you free. It's what you choose in that freedom that makes you free.

Faith is the determination to create with our lives what only our hearts can conceive.

It is amazing where God will take you when you are willing to follow. Life is full of surprises when we choose mystery over security.

We were created to be expressions of the goodness and wholeness of God.

So many of us have abdicated our passions for obligations, as if passion is a luxury for the young, and we must all grow up one day. We, even if reluctantly, fall into place to live a life of conformity that we describe as ‘maturity.’ We’ve made acting like an adult synonymous with living apathetic lives.

We have to ask ourselves, 'Am I really trying to discern God's will, or determine whether I want to do it?'