A split second is nothing compared to twenty-four hours. On God's clock you're in the middle of your millisecond. Compared to eternity, what is seventy, eighty, ninety years?

A story does that: it will reach out and hook somebody and hold them for just a few moments while you unpack this story in their presence.

Just as your earthly house is a place of refuge, so God's house is a place of peace.

Listen carefully to the feedback your readers give you. Dont write unless people want you to write, a lot of people write just because they want to write.

No one can pray and worry at the same time.

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.

The Bible urges us to be respectful to all people, especially people with whom we have disagreements, to never libel people, to never label people.