The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.

There is something powerful about singing to God as an act of worship, but it is time to reframe our perspective and our language to genuinely encompass all of life as worship.

He told me that I needed to smile more, to remember that this was a great adventure and that voters loved a happy warrior.

I do what I love, and I love what I do. I think we all were intended out of a field of energy called love, so you must be love in order to intend.

We need alert listeners to give dignity to those stretches in our lives when we are not aware of participating in anything we think might be embraced by the kingdom of God.

A place of worship is a place for listening—listening to God speak. But it is also a place for answering, responding to what is spoken. God's words initiate a conversation. We come together as a congregation in worship to speak "through prayer and praise" with the God who speaks with us.

Authentic worship means being present to the living God who penetrates the whole of human life. The proclamation of God's word and our response to God's Spirit touches everything that is involved in being human: mind and body, thinking and feeling, work and family, friends and government, buildings and flowers.

Everything we touch in our daily lives, including our body, is a miracle. By putting the kingdom of god in the right place, it shows us it is possible to live happily right here, right now.

That's what I'm hoping we can all do, is come together in a spirit of prayer.

Life is too short to worry about stupid things. Pray. Trust God. Enjoy life. Don't let the little things get you down.

I rejoice in what I have and I know that fresh new experiences are always ahead. I greet the new with open arms. I trust life to be wonderful.

Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey, and share our love with family and friends.