We think you’ll find that every woman in her heart of hearts longs for three things: to be romanced, to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure, and to unveil beauty. That’s what makes...

You cannot force people to walk with God. You cannot force them to repent. All you can do is live with integrity and invite them to do so as well. Take things a step at...

Sometimes the idea of living as a hermit appeals to all of us. No demands, no needs, no pain, no disappointments. But that is because we have been hurt, are worn out.

You would not ask someone with a broken arm to swim the English Channel, so you cannot demand that the broken to live as if they were whole.

The culture of women in the church today is crippled by some very pervasive lies. “To be spiritual is to be busy. To be spiritual is to be disciplined. To be spiritual is to be...

Sartre felt that Hell is other people, but precisely the opposite is true. Hell is being left alone forever with no other reality than your own consciousness of yourself. It is being locked in a...

In the case of our fair maiden, we have overlooked two very crucial aspects to that myth. On the one hand, none of us ever really believed the sorcerer was real. We thought we could...

The balancing act we parents attempt is convincing our children: 1. You are loved more than you can imagine. 2. The world does not revolve around you.

I wasn’t mean; I wasn’t evil. I was nice. And let me tell you, a hesitant man is the last thing in the world a woman needs. She needs a lover and a warrior, not...

Most men wait to move until victory is guaranteed.

One of the great wonders of Christianity is that you were born into your times, to set your times aright.

Wouldn’t it help you to realize that you really do live in an epic if your life had a soundtrack?

She is the crescendo, the final, astonishing work of God. Woman. In one last flourish creation comes to a finish with Eve. She is the Master’s finishing touch.

Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.

Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.

Most of our addictions [shopping, food, bad relationships] as women flare up when we feel that we are not loved or sought after.

The true story of every person in this world is not the story you see, the external story. The true story of each person is the journey of his or her heart.

You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.

Now yes, yes, creation sometimes screams a confusing message—fear, pain, grief. Fire burns, rivers flood, winds go hurricane, the earth shudders so hard it levels cities. But you must remember—this was not so in Eden....

Should the king in exile pretend he is happy there?Should he not seek his own country?His miseries are his ally; they urge him on. Let them grow, if need be. But do not forsake the...

We are created for adventure, and if we cannot find one, we start blowing things out of proportion so it feels like we have one.

with all our heart.” But when we lose our passion for life, when a deadness sets in which we cannot…

History is riddled with blood and sin.

God lures us into marriage through love and sex and loneliness, or simply the fact that someone finally paid attention – all those reasons that you got married in the first place. It doesn’t really...

For what shall we do when we wake one day to find we have lost touch with our heart and with it the very refuge where God’s presence resides? a

A woman in her glory, a woman of beauty, is a woman who is not striving to become beautiful or worthy or enough. She knows in her quiet center where God dwells that he find...

Prayer is such an intimate act, a place of vulnerability. It is, hopefully, when we are our least guarded, our most honest selves. And this is good, of course; this is as it ought to...

It takes courage to seek God, and courage to wait for His reply.

When it comes to happiness, our soul is like a colander, a tire with a nail in it, our grandfather’s memory. It feels like there is a homeless person inside of us, wandering around pushing...

You will find it hard to hear from God until you let go your rights and your agenda.

We are, all of us, utterly committed and deeply devoted to our “style”, our “way”, our “approach to life.” We have absolutely no intention of giving it up. Not even for love. So God creates...

So you can’t demand the broken to live as if they were whole. Discipline is not the issue; apply discipline and you’ll make it worse. What is needed is healing.

Hope is a fruit of proven character.

There is no greater place for damage (than marriage) because there is no greater place for glory.

The years have simply reconciled us to the fact that we are all here for the transformation.

The intellectual support for UNBELIEF is about as stable as the stock market.