I do seem to favor a deathbed confession as the occasion for my dramatic monologues.
If we love God, do His will, and fear His judgment more than men's, we will have self-esteem.
The greatest test of life is obedience to God.
Pride is the great stumbling block of Zion. . . Pride is ugly; it says if you succeed I am a failure. . . Pride is basically competitive in nature. When competition ends, pride ends.
Young people, you need the wisdom of age, just as some of us older ones need your enthusiasm for life.
Pride is essentially competitive in nature. We pit our will against God's.
We can choose to humble ourselves by conquering enmity toward our brothers and sisters, esteeming them as ourselves, and lifting them as high or higher than we are. . . .
A good film is also a documentary
I'm an ecumenical reader, grew up with all sorts of fiction, teach writing, went to the Iowa Writers' Workshop, so my tastes and interests are broad.
The past is able to close round certain moments, as if they were seeds, and deliver them again fresh and living in the present.
Being rejected from something good just means that Allah is pointing you to something better