So here is what my advice would be: If God has given you a dream, you'd better get cracking because He wants you to use it. That's why He gives them to us in the first place.

Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.

Lord, make me a blessing to someone today

I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk.

I remember the first time I held my book, my first book in my hands. I cannot tell you how it moved me.

Loving can be hard. Sometimes we don't feel loving, but it isn't all about feeling. Very often it is about will. Practice that if you can.

There's nothing trite about being consoled in a world that does everything in its power to deliver sorrow.