Some may not believe my account; they may think it was some kind of wish fulfillment during a point of severe trauma. I don't have to defend my experience. I know what happened to me. For those of us whose faith is in the reality of heaven, no amount of evidence is necessary.

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live as if there isn't and to die to find out that there is.

If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.

The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.

Faith consists in being vitally concerned with that ultimate reality to which I give the symbolical name of God. Whoever reflects earnestly on the meaning of life is on the verge of an act of faith.

I'm not perfect. I'm never going to be. And that's the great thing about living the Christian life and trying to live by faith, is you're trying to get better every day. You're trying to improve.

The whole life story of Jesus, on the human side, is the life story of One who lived by faith.

Life with Christ is a wonderful adventure.

We're not always going to understand why something happens. True faith is trusting even when it doesn't make sense.

We won't figure out what's sacred in life if we settle for what's safe.

Every great move forward in your life begins with a leap of faith, a step into the unknown.

I am going into an unknown future, but I'm still all here, and still while there's life, there's hope.