The lifting up of the woman does not require the tearing down of the man. In fact, a strong woman appreciates a strong man. Conversely, a strong man is not intimidated by a strong woman.

Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.

One of the great healing balms of the Holy Spirit is forgiveness. To forgive is to break the link between you and your past.

I think that it's unfortunate that we have allowed politics to use theology to hit areas that we sincerely want to support. But I think that they are using us to some degree because they are using what concerns us to isolate us.

It's the gymnasium of life where you get the workout, the resistance, and you find out things about yourself that you didn't know.

I think it's important that when you're bringing something to the table that you're sure has value, that you don't diminish yourself just so that you can have an opportunity.

When you leave the familiar and enter the unknown, your fear becomes refined by experience and hammered into tools of survival on the anvil of anxiety.