The trick," she says, "is to find a new dream for the next part of your life. Then empty nest becomes a beginning, not an ending.

Easter is very important to me, it's a second chance.

Forgiveness is truly the grace by which we enable another person to get up, and get up with dignity, to begin anew. To not forgive leads to bitterness and hatred. Like self-hatred and self-contempt, hatred of others gnaws away at our vitals. Whether hatred is projected out or stuffed in, it is always corrosive to the human spirit.

Though you cannot go back and make a brand-new start, my friend, anyone can start from now and make a brand-new end.

Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.

Love, no matter how you come at it, is a huge risk. It makes it easier for me to remember that God will never reject me because I am not good enough and that any community that has His heart will embrace me as I am. Jesus invites us into a community where imperfect people can find acceptance, love, forgiveness, and a new beginning.

In Matthew 24:8, Jesus called these challenges birth pangs. Birth pangs must occur before a new birth. During this time the mother keeps focused on the end result, the moment she gets to hold that beautiful baby in her arms. She knows birth pangs don't last forever and they signal a new beginning in her life. Calamities and catastrophes are the earthly pains that must occur before the birth of the new world. Hold on. Grit your teeth. The next push could be the last.

The first opportunity for this came right away. I had started a new weekly women

A new world is coming . . . The paradise that man lost will be regained . . . One day we will live in a brand-new world.

When God calls his children home, there's no death, no sting. There's only new life. Resurrection.