Values are sometimes worth living and dying for, and are certainly worth dating and breaking up over.

You aren't alive if you aren't in need.

Leave your pride, ego, and narcissism somewhere else. Reactions from those parts of you will reinforce your children's most primitive fears.

There is a difference between solitude and isolation. One is connected and one isn't. Solitude replenishes, isolation diminishes.

The human heart will seek to be known, understood, and connected with above all else. If you do not connect, the ones you care about will find someone who will.

The mature person meets the demands of life, while the immature person demands that life meet her demands.

I'm not an expert in the sociological realities of all the pastors in the world, but I would say that there are some very, very positive things about the state of integrity in church leaders.