Faith is the conviction that God knows more than we do about this life and He will get us through it.

If God were only mighty, we would Salute Him. But since he is Merciful and Mighty, we can approach Him.

I was about 21 when I read that [Mere Christianity], and my faith was really being shaken during those days. Its a great, classic book.

God does uncommon things through common people in common places.

Hope is not a granted wish or a favor performed; no it is far greater than that. It is a zany, unpredictable dependence on a God who loves to surprise us out of our socks.

No place is too common. No person is too hardened. No distance is too far. There's no person God cannot reach. There's no limit to his love.

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.