One of the most sublime experiences we can ever have is to wake up feeling healthy after we have been sick.

None of us has the power to make someone else love us. But we all have the power to give away love, to love other people. And if we do so, we change the kind of world we live in.

God is the light shining in the midst of darkness, not to deny that there is darkness in the world but to reassure us that we do not have to be afraid of the darkness because darkness will always yield to light. As theologian David Griffin puts in, God is all-powerful, His power enables people to deal with events beyond their control and He gives us the strength to do those things because He is with us.

Children need parents who will let them grow up to be themselves, but parents often have personal agendas they try to impose on their children.

What cannot be achieved in one lifetime will happen when one lifetime is joined to another.

Never attribute to malice or other deliberate decision what can be explained by human frailty, imperfection, or ignorance.

Prayer is simply coming into the presence of God. Because when you come into the presence of God, even the things you don't have matter a lot less.