Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.

Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.

For me, everything is about Jesus and Father and the Holy Spirit, and relationships, and life is an adventure of faith lived one day at a time. Any aspirations, visions and dreams died a long time ago and I have absolutely no interest in resurrecting them (they would stink by now anyway). I have finally figured out that I have nothing to lose by living a life of faith. I know more joy every minute of every day than seems appropriate, but I love the wastefulness of my Father's grace and presence. For me, everything in my life that matters, is perfect!

It is remarkable how a seemingly insignificant action or event can change entire lives.

Let me say for now that we knew once the Creation was broken, true fathering would be much more lacking than mothering. Don't misunderstand me, both are needed- but an emphasis on fathering is necessary because of the enormity of its absence

I was raised in a tribal situation, among cannibal people.

The enemy of a writer is not controversy but obscurity.