Eugene Peterson's language makes the Bible exciting and strong, sweet, sharp, persuasive, painful, personal, contemporary, kind, and dramatic—and available to every reader of this age.
I have a business appointment that I am anxious. . . to miss.
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
Cats are put on earth to remind us that not everything has a purpose.
Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
They get up early, because they have so much to do, and go to bed early, because they have so little to think about.
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
When the story is good enough, people can watch something three times the length of an opera.
Water helped ancient man learn those first lessons about the rights of others and responsibility to a larger society. . . . It became part of the moral and mental legacy parents passed on to their children.
One of the great things about having good players in your band is that you just ask them questions. You can pick up some good information that way.
It is a fact that, today, up to seven million people a year are dying from fossil fuel pollution.