If only we could realize that our purpose is to be caretakers. We are responsible for leading our flock to the place where the grass is green, but it is up to them to eat! We cannot be responsible for how much they digest. We cannot make people mature.

When you can't do nothing but pray-you've done a whole lot.

It is possible for you to get a grip on the thing that used to have a grip on you. And instead of it controlling you- you are now controlling it.

I was raised in the Baptist church... but I didn't really have a real committed experience with Christ until my father died.

If you can learn to love the imperfect people in your family then it's possible that someone can learn to love a imperfect you.

I chose to present myself as one who comes from among the people, and I can be touched by their pain because I have my own.

The myth of the poor Jesus needs to be destroyed, because it's holding people back.