There's an antidote to our fears- trust. If we trust God more,we can fear less.

Matthew loved the magi. He gave their story more square inches of text than he gave the narrative of the birth of Jesus. He never mentions the shepherds or the manger, but he didn't want us to miss the star and the seekers. It's easy to see why. Their story is our story.

We get a lot of unsolicited manuscripts here. Im not even a publisher, but we get several a week. I dont read them, but I do glance through some of them, and some people dont need to be writing, they have something else.

Don't worry about having the right words; worry more about having the right heart. It's not eloquence he seeks, just honesty.

I was never really lead by [my parents] and didnt sense any leading from the Lord to go into writing.

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.

Don't quit. For if you do, you may miss the answer to your prayers.