"If you can only make Christmas exciting with material things, how will the children get a thirst for God? Bend the efforts of your imagination to make the wonder of the King's arrival visible for the children."
- John Piper, Good News of Great Joy: Daily Readings for Advent
"Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see."
"How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year!"
"One kind word can warm three winter months."
“A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.”
“Learning to love and be kind to ourselves is a lifelong journey.”
“I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.”
“Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.”