I am six feet tall. I am not supposed to be afraid.

Beneath all of these addictions is this disease, this control disease which is the mark of our society.

All I have to tell you about is what I have heard and seen of Jesus, how He is helping me find freedom, to occasionally love other people, and even accept myself with all my mixed motives.

We live in a constant fear that our shortcomings will be exposed to family, to friends and to the world

Memories must enter the bloodstream, must churn awhile through the heart's mill, must be crushed and polished, be nearly forgotten or cling like burs to other stories before they spill forth in purple patterns, shapes of small bones and worm rot, shapes of clouds and the spaces between leaves.

If God is in a life, it doesn't have to be big to be happy and to be important in His kingdom.

The whole Bible is the story of men and women trying to get back to God, to overcome that sin with sacrifices, good works, sermons, prophesy, witnessing, giving all kinds of things. It never worked