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“In this war, it is the soul that must be won, and anything other than a conversion of the heart is a loss.”

“Sometimes. We can hear God’s word and almost fall apart at the beauty of it—until we have to live it.”

“Thee prodigal in your life might be the one to point out the weeds you don’t wish to see, and thus both of you can walk together toward Christ.”

“Becoming a faithful follower of Christ means falling in love. Given the myriad of reasons why a person might fall away from the Faith, it becomes the lover’s job to provide the reasons (without arguing) why one might fall in love with Christ.”

“God seems to teach us to hold on to the nails, not the hurt, and He uses our moments of grief to pierce us with grace.”

“There will always be a test. It will always be pass or fail, and your only job in these pop quizzes of life, whether at the dinner table or while listening to the car radio with your prodigal, is to respond with love and, if possible, humor.”