Cynics will say there are no good people out there. And if you read the papers and watch TV news you could be convinced of that. But there are good people.

One of the things that makes a dead leaf fall to the ground is the bud of the new leaf that pushes it off the limb.

I really care about my readers. I care about anyone who reads my books.

And it can be a way of healing.

There are so many people who don't know small towns exist. When I write, I want to give my readers two things: one is a sense of consolation, and two, I want to make them laugh.

The standing fields [ready to harvest]were the legions who hadn't filled their God-vacuum with the One who was born to fill it; the standing fields were those who waited for someone to reach out and speak the truth, and tell them how they might be saved.

Don't fear whatever God lays before you today.