Learning patience takes a lot of patience!

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

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.

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.

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

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.