When you let people put you up on a pedestal, you step one step in any direction, and you're going to go down.

A good marriage is not one where perfection reigns: it is a relationship where a healthy perspective overlooks a multitude of "unresolvables."

No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child.

Clearly, unless the Lord chooses to explain Himself to us, which often He does not, His motivation and purposes are beyond the reach of mortal man. What this means in practical terms is that many of our questions - especially those that begin with the word 'why' - will have to remain unanswered for the time being.

One of the first things you and your fiance need to develop is a meaningful prayer life even before the wedding. My wife, Shirley, and I did that, and the time we have spent on our knees has been the stabilizing factor throughout nearly forty years of marriage.

There is nothing more important than parents passing on a generational legacy of faith and values to their children.

We human beings can survive the most difficult of circumstances if we are not forced to stand alone.