In all my travels, I've never seen a country's population more determined to forgive, and to build and succeed than in Rwanda.

A church will never grow beyond its capacity to meet needs.

Surrender is not the best way to live; it is the only way to live. Nothing else works.

Transformation is a process, and as life happens there are tons of ups and downs. It's a journey of discovery - there are moments on mountaintops and moments in deep valleys of despair.

How does God teach me love? By putting me around unlovely people. How does God teach me joy in the middle of grief? Not happiness, which is based on happenings. How does God teach me peace? Not when I am out fishing and everything is going my way and it doesn't get better than this. But in the middle of chaos. How does God teach me patience? By putting me in His waiting room.

Character is both developed and revealed by tests, and all of life is a test.

God is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitudes count more than achievements.