19 Quotes by Richard Beck

Being a parent is joyful, but it's also haunted by the specter of loss.

Grace is the only thing in the world that is stronger than shame.

The danger of refusing to reflect upon the psychological dynamics of faith and belief is that what we feel to be self evidently true, for psychological reasons, might be, upon inspection, highly questionable, intellectually or morally. Too often, as we all know, the 'feeling of rightness' trumps sober reflection and moral discernment. Further, we are often unwilling to listen to others until we are, to some degree, psychologically open to persuasion. The Parable of the Sower comes to mind.

Our biggest concern is that we need to get full possession of the facts.

We're looking at a lot of different options. We frankly have a lot of irons in the fire with the sheriff right now.

The purchase continues to be delayed pending the outcome of the investigations.

We are waiting for Republic management to update us. Until we know the facts, it's hard to speculate. The most important thing is getting a swift appraisal of what happened, how it happened, and what it means.

You name it and we're going to do it.

If everything goes well with the construction schedule, we hope to open by May 27 and start our programs June 3.