Inspiration

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."

- attr. John Wooden

"Have you ever had the experience of parking in a one-hour zone, inserting the coins, then finding yourself, forty-five minutes later, still in line at the bank? At such times, you might suddenly find religion, and fervently pray that you will make your getaway before the traffic officer arrives."

- Unknown

"Advent, like its cousin Lent, is a season for prayer and reformation of our hearts. Since it comes at winter time, fire is a fitting sign to help us celebrate Advent…If Christ is to come more fully into our lives this Christmas, if God is to become real then fire will have to be present in our prayer. Our worship and devotion will have to stoke the kind of fire in our souls that can truly change our hearts. Ours is a great responsibility not to waste this Advent time."

- Edward Hays

"To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year."

- E. B. White, The Second Tree from the Corner.