“Holiness leads to wholeness and wholeness leads to happiness.”

“Don't get me wrong. A good marriage, adequate financial resources, even a clean home and well-behaved children do bring some measure of happiness. However, temporal blessings, as wonderful as they may be, are only a taste of the real thing. They cannot sustain inner happiness any more than eating a scrumptious meal keeps tomorrow's hunger at bay. ”

“Who we are and who we are becoming is formed as much, if not more, by our unique way of responding.”

“From Christ’s perspective, success isn’t measured by how much we do, how much we earn, or how much we have, but by how well we love and what kind of person we’re becoming in the midst of life’s activities.”

“When you give another person the power to define you, then you also give them the power to control you.”

“My whole world started to tilt. I could feel it, sliding ever so slightly off center.”

“Always there are walls, Rachael, she persisted. Walls that block our path. Too high, too hard. We stop to rest, to gather strength, and before we know it we have lived whole lives in their shade. In time, we cease to even see them there, casting their long shadows, blocking our path. We cease to yearn for the other side.”