God has spoken very boldly about his desire to be a presence in our lives. If I want to heal the ache and loneliness in my own life, one of the things I need to do is get away, alone with God. . . . In the silence God will speak to you most powerfully. Too often his words to us get muffled, lost, or covered by the crowd of many noises both inside and outside of us. We must have a quiet heart in order to hear God's distinctive message to us.

Life becomes precious and more special to us when we look for the little everyday miracles and get excited about the privileges of simply being human

All of our theology must eventually become biography.

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.

I believe that pain and suffering can either be a prison or a prism.

It's not so much what happens to us, as what happens in us that counts.

There is no better education than your own failures, if you've the eyes to see. We must have the courage to fail. It's evidence that we're risking to be our best.