Sometimes feeling overwhelmed is part of what it means to be a Christian. You can't bear somebody else's burden unless you are taking something of their load and it's weighing you down a little bit.

We must end welfare programs that devalue men and spoil women.

I admire companies that give back to communities. It is an absolute essential for organizations to watch, mitigate, and improve their impact on the environment, people, communities, their health and overall well-being. But this is a necessary condition, not a sufficient condition.

Well-written novels make you more empathetic towards other people. You can identify with someone who isn't you. You can change your identity. A 14-year-old boy can become Anna Karenina. It is a miracle.

Too many of us are lonely ministers practicing a lonely ministry.

When we say, 'We're here for you,' we mean it to this point - everything we do, everything we preach, every broadcast we come on, everywhere we minister, everything we say and do is prayed, engineered, designed to minister to the people.

The power of being in the physical presence of another person delivers real benefits.

How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.

You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers.

As we consider the causes of depression, those of us in the church must face the ways we might be responsible for creating it.

People live, work, walk, play, shop, study, and eat with other people. There are few desert dwellers who live alone without depending in some way on people.

We, as the Marley family, won't be responsible for destroying the community.