In many cases, a bout with sickness stretches your soul, opens your eyes, and introduces you to a world of unimagined grandeur, possibility and joy.

We want lives of simple, predictable ease-smooth, even trails as far as the eye can see-but God likes to go off-road.

The last person to achieve unambiguous victory in an air war was Zeus.

Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more than 72 million retirees drawing Social Security benefits.

One of the problems with NPR is that there is so much political correctness that if you've got a name that looks like it was made up by Rudyard Kipling, you've got a better chance of getting hired. I'm a white guy named Tony Snow for heaven's sake. That's as white as it goes.

You're young and you're bulletproof and invincible. But never underestimate the power of other people's love and prayer.

God doesn't promise tomorrow, he does promise eternity.