Yesterday you can't alter, but your reaction to yesterday you can. The past you cannot change, but your response to your past you can.

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

God will use your mess for good. We see a perfect mess; God sees a perfect chance to train, test , and teach.

For years I thought my assignment or the Church's assignment was to articulate the Gospel and nothing more. Now I believe that if we don't support the verbal expression of the Gospel with physical demonstration of compassion, we are not imitating Jesus.

I believe the Bible tells a story we recognize as true. I don't just mean it tells an accurate story - though it's telling that the Bible stands tall even after more than 2,000 years of secular criticism.

To the loved, a word of affection is a morsel; but to the love-starved, a word of affection can be a feast.

I believe ingratitude is the original sin. I believe if Adam and Eve had been grateful for the garden of Eden they had, they would not have been so focused on the one tree they didn't have.