Every time a situation arises that could be stressful or would cause us to be anxious or worried, we have to renew our commitment to trust God instead.

You need to depend on God to show you things in such a way that you know—with an inner certainty—that what has been revealed to your mind is correct.

Let those who are wise understand these things. Let those with discernment listen carefully. The paths of the LORD are true and right, and righteous people live by walking in them. HOSEA 14:9 NLT

Religion is man's idea of God's expectations.

If Your Presence does not go with me, do not carry us up from here!

No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dreams that you wish will come true.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

O Me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; Of the endless trains of the faithless—of cities fill'd with the foolish; . . . What good amid these, O me, O life? Answer. That you are here—that life exists, and identity; That the powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse.

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.

When we suffer from amnesia, every form of serious authority for faith is in question, and we live unauthorized lives of faith and practice unauthorized ministries.

People of faith can read the Bible so that almost any perspective on a current issue will find some support in the Bible. That rich and multivoiced offering in the Bible is what makes appeals to it so tempting—and yet so tricky and hazardous, because much of our reading of the Bible turns out to be an echo of what we thought anyway. THE ISSUE OF LAND The dispute between Palestinians and Israelis is elementally about land and secondarily about security and human rights.

We have nearly lost our capacity to think ihcologicafly about public issues and public problems.