Just when the truth about life sinks in, His truth starts to surface. He takes us by the hand and dares us not to sweep the facts under the rug but to confront them with him at our side.

God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile.

Our society is just less open to platitudes, more open to stories.

Forgiveness doesn't diminish justice; it just entrusts it to God. He guarantees the right retribution.

In this post-modern culture in which we live - where people question absolute truth - stories are resistant to platitudes; they're resistant to me making declarations of truth to them. A story can do that in kind of a Trojan-horse fashion.

God is not a miser with his grace. Your cup may be low in cash or clout, but it is overflowing with mercy.

We have the freedom to pray and the freedom to love the God of our heart. And we have been forgiven by the only one who could condemn us. We are truly free.