Alan Tomkins

“The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” 1 SAMUEL 16:7”
― Joel Osteen, Daily Readings from Think Better, Live Better: 90 Devotions to a Victorious Life

“Baker had a talent for connection. He could be whatever he needed to be at the moment it was necessary. The young man who slid back and forth from Texas to Princeton, from the Ivy Club in the spring to the wildcatter's rig in the summer, now applied the same skills on Capitol Hill.”
― Peter Baker, The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III

“Father in heaven, thank You for giving me the power to delete negative, discouraging thoughts that come to contaminate my thinking. Equip me with the truth and help me to become an expert at hitting the delete button. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.”
― Joel Osteen, Daily Readings from Think Better, Live Better: 90 Devotions to a Victorious Life

“The Underground Railroad was, in many ways, a seminal movement in American history, one that deserves far more recognition than it has received. It was a kind of prelude to the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, and it offered lessons in social activism, political resistance, and moral courage that continue to inspire Americans today.”
― Fergus M. Bordewich, Bound For Canaan: The Epic Story Of The Underground Railroad, America's First Ci