“ The priceless lesson in the New Year is that endings birth beginnings and beginnings birth endings. And in this elegantly choreographed dance of life, neither ever find an end in the other. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Maybe we should remember that logic constructs a box that is far too small for wonder to take up residence in. Therefore, the crucial question is, ‘Will we choose to live there if wonder cannot? Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ To ‘stop and smell the roses’ we must first believe that there’s a rose garden out there somewhere. And in this jaded world of ours, the refusal to believe in gardens leaves most of us ref of roses. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ To destroy that which seeks to destroy me, God invites me to stand against it until it stands down and then falls down. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ We recklessly attempt to disguise our ‘greed’ by dressing it in the garb of other nobler ideals such as ‘rights’ and ‘privileges.’ Yet, if we dare dress ‘greed’ in an authentic sense of thankfulness,… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ A cause that only serves me is much like a door on the edge of a cliff, it doesn’t open to anywhere good. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ The wisdom to be on the throne of one’s life must surpass the wisdom of the one being ruled, otherwise I will squander the whole of my life in the most appalling ways. By virtue of that reality, I wou… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ If Christmas is a universally comprehensive and keenly clandestine rescue mission strategically crafted by God Himself eons before the rescue was necessary, it would naturally follow that if it is doo… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ When we actually refer to God’s blueprint, we gladly work in fascinated conjunction with it, suddenly realizing that any other action outside of that blueprint is foolhardiness and lunacy of the worst… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Being lost without grasping the rather obvious fact that we are lost is by far the best guarantee we have that we’re going to stay lost. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ If in fact it’s not too late to realize that something’s ‘too late’, then there’s a good chance that it’s not. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ In God’s vocabulary, ‘lost’ is an unnecessary adjective that is easily erased by the adjective ‘found’ if we would simply be brave enough to hand Him the eraser. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ I am thankful that in the giving we receive, and what we receive is the satisfaction of knowing that whatever we give is always bigger once we’ve given it away. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ If I have forfeited the ability to wonder so as not to offend the tenets of the culture, and if I have sacrificed warm dreams on the cold altar of conformity, it is likely because I have somewhere tra… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ If I’m asking what kind of ‘return’ I should be expecting on the sacrifices I’m making, I have in that question revealed the need to ‘return’ that question to wherever I found it and have the word ‘re… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ As utterly irrational as it might seem, the greed within me has the most limited vision I can possibly imagine as it has eyes only for the few things it doesn’t have, and it is completely blind to all… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Often we don’t see the majesty of God’s design because we’re caught up in the mediocrity of our own designs. Craig D. Lounsbrough