Life cracked like ice!

Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.

No life is messier than one in ministry

Dignity of human nature requires that we must face the storms of life.

I am alive again, now that I can no longer stand to live.

I wept to think that life went on even when so much had been lost, that rain still fell and myrtle grew between the rocks.

For Lou Ann, life itself was a life-threatening enterprise.

I think people who suffer from depression, unless it's post-traumatic, are probably going to struggle with it for their whole life.

We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes—understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success.

Truth shines with brighter light and intenser heat at every moment, and a country torn and rent and bleeding implores relief from its distress and agony.

Christianity, unlike any other religion in the world, begins with catastrophe and defeat. Sunshine religions and psychological inspirations collapse in calamity and wither in adversity. But the Life of the Founder of Christianity, having begun with the Cross, ends with the empty tomb and victory.

Broken things are precious. We eat broken bread because we share in the depth of our Lord and His broken life. Broken flowers give perfume. Broken incense is used in adoration. A broken ship saved Paul and many other passengers on their way to Rome. Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.