What is the message of Christmas? It is the birth of the One who promised peace, joy and love.

Love is a commitment that will be tested in the most vulnerable areas of spirituality, a commitment that will force you to make some very difficult choices. It is a commitment that demands that you deal with your lust, your greed, your pride, your power, your desire to control, your temper, your patience, and every area of temptation that the Bible clearly talks about. It demands the quality of commitment that Jesus demonstrates in His relationship to us.

Many Christians have so busied themselves with programs and activities that they no longer know how to be silent and meditate on God's word or recognize the mysteries that are in the Person of Christ.

The four absolutes we all have in our minds: love, justice, evil, and forgiveness.

The loss of something that is never thought of, felt, or sought for when lost is not a loss at all.

Without the will, marriage is a mockery; without emotion, it is a drudgery. You need both.

We have to find the back door to peoples' hearts because the front door is heavily guarded.