Occupation: Author Birth: August 23, 1952
To experience brokenness and humiliation all you have to do is lead..
Genuine trust involves allowing another to matter and have an impact in our lives. For that reason, many who hate and do battle with God trust Him mo….
Fasting from any nourishment, activity, involvement or pursuit—for any season—sets the stage for God to appear. Fasting is not a tool to pry wisdom o….
Love cannot last without a foundation of forgiveness..
Christ never intended to cover up the dark side of life, but rather to illuminate a path through it..
Beginning with the first day of life outside the womb, every child is asking two core questions: 'Am I loved?' and 'Can I get my own way?' These two ….
[Biblical counseling] Must insist that the image of God is central to developing a solid view of personality; that our sinfulness, not how we've been….
God wants us to relieve suffering, pursue justice, facilitate reconciliation, and free the heart to love, but He desires for us to do so in a way tha….
A leader - whether in the home, church, business, community, or government - has authority due to her role, but her positional power will not bring a….
The desire for beauty, the hunger for union, the passion to be part of something greater than self, all arise out of our bent to worship..
Life is war, and marriage provides us with a close and intimate ally with whom we may wage this war. The battle requires bold love, forgiveness, conf….
Reconciliation is not to be withheld when repentance—that is, deep, heart‐changing acknowledgement of sin and a radical redirection of life—takes pla….
Every marriage moves either toward enhancing one another’s glory or toward degrading each other..
So take seriously the story that God has given you to live. It’s time to read your own life, because your story is the one that could set us all abla….
Courage never takes away fear; courage simply redistributes fear to get the job done..
Healing comes when our story is raw, bone-deep and full of hunger for what only Jesus can offer..
Bold love is courageously setting aside our personal agenda to move humbly into the world of others with their well-being in view, willing to risk fu….
Every addiction is an attempt to slay hope..
The work of restoration cannot begin until a problem is fully faced..
Most people want to grow, but the price of growth is pain..
If you lead, you will eventually serve with Judas or Peter..