“He created us for adventure, not ease.”

“Our task shouldn't be punishing the villains in our lives, but enlarging the God who heals us from all wounds.”

“Dare to be brave today, and trust that when you extend your wings, you will fly.”

“Nothing significant in the kingdom of God happens unless death occurs.”

“When the world careens out of control, we can rest in the fact that God spun this world with a simple word.”

“Growth comes in the aftermath of failure, not wild success.”

“Why I Wake Early Hello, sun in my face.Hello, you who made the morningand spread it over the fieldsand into the faces of the tulipsand the nodding morning glories,and into the windows of, even, themiserable and the crotchety – best preacher that ever was,dear star, that just happensto be where you are in the universeto keep us from ever-darkness,to ease us with warm touching,to hold us in the great hands of light –good morning, good morning, good morning. Watch, now, how I start the dayin happiness, in kindness.”