...what I can do is offer myself, wholehearted and present, to walk with the people I love through the fear and the mess. That's all any of us can do. That's what we're here for.

In many cases, change is not a function of life's cruelty but instead a function of God's graciousness.

If we pay attention to our tears, they'll show us something about ourselves.

I have also long held the belief that one's tears are a guide, that when something makes you cry, it means something. If we pay attention to our tears, they'll show us something about ourselves

My life is a story about who God is and what He does in a human heart.

Somebody is looking at you - and someone needs to see you walk this journey of following God's calling.

When we do the hard, intimate work of friendship, we bring a little more of the divine into daily life.