“I didn’t marry her twice because I feared our health care proxy would be challenged. I married her because I love her. I feel honored to be her wife.”
"I think we've all had it happen: one minute the washer is happily turning dirty laundry into clean clothes and the next there's the telltale thump-thump-thump-THUMP of the spin cycle spinning crooked. The only solution is to get up, lift the lid, rearrange the wet laundry and start over again."
“How do we get there? No matter where in the wilderness, no matter how close or how far we are from Egypt, we--all of us--must struggle to have a vision of the Land. If we don’t have the Land to dream of, there is no hope, and the pull to return to Egypt will be overwhelming."
“She went to find the remains of her Lord to care for Him as He had cared for her. She knew it was over when He had been pulled from the garden and taken from judge to judge, handled by hateful hands and discarded as just another expendable religious fanatic.”
“I long for a time when we can all feel the blessing of God for who we are.”
“Too often we get caught up in the all-or- nothing nature of politics, whether it is secular politics or church politics. It’s all about winning — 50 percent plus one — who’s ahead and who’s behind. Victors and losers.”