If you could envision the type of person God intended you to be, you would rise up and never be the same again.

Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.

The greatest sin of political imagination: Thinking there is no other way except the filthy rotten system we have today.

Protesters are still on the fringes like satellites, revolving around the system. But prophets and poets lead us into a new world, beyond simply yelling at the old one.

Little people with big dreams are reimagining the world.

when we receive the gift of grace, it should transform us into grace-filled people who want to see other people given a chance, and other people loved back to life again.

Our communities should be places where people can detox, whether that be from alcohol, tobacco, gluttony, shopping, or gossip. We long for a space that tips us toward goodness rather than away from it, where we can pick up new habits — holy habits — as we are formed into a new creation, transformed by God.

Lord Jesus, Your love is beyond my understanding but I believe it's true. Right now I offer You my shame, the filthy rags of my past. I choose to step out of this storm of condemnation and into Your peace. Thank You for loving me and for making me worthy, In Your great name, amen.

God isn't keeping a record of each time we fall, but He is excited about our progress, and we should be excited, too!

All the king's horses and all the king's men can't put the past together again. So let's remember: Don't try to saw sawdust.

The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what proceeds it.

Times change, and people change with the times—the wise ones do. Wisdom lies in knowing when to remember and when to forget. Consistency is not a habit of mind which it is wise to practice or to expect of the human race.