With each new experience of letting God be in control, we gain courage and reinforcement for daring to do it again and again.

Tradition gives us a sense of solidarity and roots, a knowing there are some things one can count on.

With each new experience of letting God be in control, we gain courage and reinforcement for daring to do it again and again.

Memories are perhaps the best gifts of all.

There may be no trumpet sound or loud applause when we make a right decision, just a calm sense of resolution and peace.

I hear people say, "It's not the quantity of time that's important; it's the quality." Well, technically that may be true, but quality doesn't happen in a hurry.

Even in the winter, in the midst of the storm, the sun is still there. Somewhere above the clouds, it still shines and warms and pulls at the life buried deep inside the brown branches and frozen earth.