1. A friend asked me how to prepare our daughters for the world.  I had some thoughts but one that came intuitively was this – Teach them to properly swear and pray.  Most people don’t know how to do either well.

2. Believing in God is not the same thing as believing God.

3. Sometimes, God is not asking you to kneel.

He is asking you to stand. That is also faith.

4, If there’s anything I’ve learned over the past few years (that I should have learned previously) is that to go where and with whom you will be valued.   Nothing less.

5. I’ll also say this – before you say you’ll pray for someone, ask first what they need. And if you don’t want to ask, just pray that all will be made well. Better still, ask what you can do to help in addition to praying.