The idea of a spiritual heart transplant is a vivid image to me; once you have the heart of somebody else inside you, then that heart is there. Jesus' heart is inside me, and my heart is gone. So if God were to place a stethoscope against my chest, he would hear the heart of Jesus Christ beating.

Faithful servants have a way of knowing answered prayer when they see it, and a way of not giving up when they don't.

Have you been called to go out on a limb for God? You can bet it won't be easy. Limb-climbing has never been easy. Ask Joseph. Or, better yet, ask Jesus. He knows better than anyone the cost of hanging on a tree.

Yes, your family history has some sad chapters. But your history doesn't have to be your future. The generational garbage can stop here and now.

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

The past does not have to be your prison. You have a voice in your destiny. You have a say in your life. You have a choice in the path you take.

He loves each one of us like there is only one of us to love (when God whisper your name)