God is constantly on the move. I cannot stay where I am and follow God at the same time; responding requires movement.

I had been searching for joy in the relatively good times of life, now I had to find joy amidst darkness and agony.

Joy is a weapon we use to fight life's battles.

Prayer might not change things, but it will change my perspective of things. Prayer might not change the past, but inevitably, it changes the present.

God is constantly on the move. I cannot stay where I am and follow God at the same time; responding requires movement.

The seventh day of creation is the most eloquent and insightful as to the nature of God. From a literary perspective, the Sabbath forms the pinnacle of the story. Like the dramatic kiss of a soldier returning from war, this is the moment we’re not meant to miss. In choosing rest as the grand finale, God reveals himself as one driven by neither anxiety nor fear but one who finds gladness in both the work of creation and the creation of work.

The wonder of prayer is rediscovered in who we're speaking to. Prayer is a mystical event by which we get to talk to the Creator of all-the One who fashioned our world with a few words-knowing that God not only listens but answers.