The best of community does give one a deep sense of belonging and well-being; and in that sense community takes away loneliness.

Our glory is hidden in our pain, if we allow God to bring the gift of himself in our experience of it.

Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved and that nothing-sicknes s, failure, emotional distress, oppression, war, or even death--can take that love away.

People who read your ideas tend to think that your writings reflect your life.

You are the heir to the Kingdom. Prosperity is your birth right and you hold the key to more abundance in every area of your life then you can possibly imagine.

I was forced to enter the basement of my soul and look directly at what was hidden there, and to choose, in the face of it all, not death but life.

From the moment we claim the truth of being the beloved, we are faced with the call to become who we are.