I think the one thing that I cannot do without each day is hope. If you put me in a position where you took all my hope away, I'm not sure I could make it through the day.

I picked up this book called Blue Mountain, supposed to be a really good book on the Civil War.

In our grandparents' generation news of an earthquake in Nepal would reach around the world some days later. In our parents' day the nightly news communicated the catastrophe. Now it's a matter of minutes. We've barely processed one crisis, and then we hear of another.

Sow seeds of hope and enjoy optimism. Sow seeds of doubt and expect insecurity

No one can pray and worry at the same time.

How does God deal with your bitter heart? He reminds you that what you have is more important than what you don't have. You still have your relationship with God. No one can take that.

It seems to me that election season is just a Petri dish for anger and cynicism.