Growth comes in the aftermath of failure, not wild success.

Dare to be brave today, and trust that when you extend your wings, you will fly.

Our task shouldn't be punishing the villains in our lives, but enlarging the God who heals us from all wounds.

God illuminated something powerful in that moment. One e-mail represented my family of origin - a family bent toward hiding. And my new family, the one I'd forged from the ashes of my past, desperate for Jesus to help me, represents who I am today. I am loved. I am surrounded by children and a husband who cheer for me.

He created us for adventure, not ease.

When the world careens out of control, we can rest in the fact that God spun this world with a simple word.