The presence of fear does not mean you have no faith. Fear visits everyone. But make your fear a visitor and not a resident.

All my books come out of sermons, and I'm really a pastor who writes rather than a writer who pastors.

Where we might think of sin as slip-ups or missteps, God views sin as a godless attitude that leads to godless action.

Be gone, sorrow, sickness, wheelchairs, and cancer! Enough of you, screams of fear and nights of horror! Death, you die! Life, you reign!

I really enjoyed reading the writings of Fredrick Buechner, I havent read anything by him in probably a decade but about 20 years ago I read four or five books of his and it helped me.

I remember enjoying writing those, theres two clues of a gift: you enjoy doing it and people enjoy you doing it.

I firmly believe that the purpose of life is not this life. It is to equip us, whatever our role is going to be in the next life. And understanding God's story is really where I find the significance and purpose in my own story.