The place where we most belong is not our neighborhood, our nation, our company, or even our family, but our church—the city of God—that caring community where we are known and loved, and where we find deeply supportive faith-building relationships.

My family is very good about visiting me, and other friends as well.

Marriage has given me a little family of my own. We hold each other accountable, love each other, and always are there for each other. I feel more balanced now because I know what it's like to care for others.

It's good to have people in your life around whom you can be yourself.

Admonish thy friends in secret, praise them openly.

To see my brother, see my friends, I think it builds character for me, just being accountable for myself.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends. For every friend whom he loses for truth, he gains a better.

The only way to have a friend is to be one

The body of Christ is about doing life together, and by doing life together sin is revealed.

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

The Galveston community has been so supportive of me throughout my career.