It takes time to be a good father. It takes effort - trying, failing, and trying again.

Most of us have enough excuses to last a lifetime. The sooner we let go of them and get on with living, the better off we are.

Grace is the central invitation to life and the final word. It's the beckoning nudge and the overwhelming, undeserved mercy that urges us to change and grow, and then gives us the power to pull it off.

Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional. We cannot avoid pain, but we can avoid joy.

It takes time to be a good father. It takes effort - trying, failing, and trying again.

One of the ways that our faith expresses itself is by our ability to be still, to be present, and not to panic or lose perspective. God still does his best work in the most difficult of circumstances.

All of our theology must eventually become biography.