“ When the world does its level best to devalue me in ways that are nothing short of brutal, all it does is evidence my value. For why would it expend such massive amounts of energy attempting to destro… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ To ‘live’ is to realize that without the journey the destination is nothing more than a task rigorously completed rather than an experience riotously lived. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ The art of living is to rise above lesser things so that we can truly enjoy great things. And the message of Christmas is the greatest of all things. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ We can live out our lives, and in the end realize that we never really ‘lived’ a day in our lives. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ We’ve yet to comprehend the impervious reality that to gain ‘life’ we have to do the most scandalous thing imaginable, and that is to work ‘against’ the whole of our humanity and give everything away.… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ It’s really a rather simple thing to bring balance to my anger. All I need to do is remember that the ‘hand of cards’ that have been dealt to me pale in comparison to the ‘deck of cards’ that I’ve thr… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ It wasn’t until I slowed the car and rolled down the windows that I realized I spend most of my days driving ‘through’ life without driving ‘in’ life. So, I’ve decided to walk because the pace is slow… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ I pray that I am sufficiently stirred by the rumor of great things to seek the God who created this single thread that I am, and to marvel at a vision magnificent enough to cause this God to weave fro… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ The ‘fact’ of my actions frequently collide with the ‘fiction’ of my words. And at what point will I live what I say, so I will avoid what I do? Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ A ‘good’ father will tenderly cultivate his children. But a ‘good’ father who is also a ‘brave’ father will let the children without cultivate the child within. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ We have a choice. We can be jaded by what we’ve lost, or joyous over what that thing had accomplished while we had it. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Abundant living is realizing that life is a privilege whether it’s adhering to our scripts or not. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Disappointment focuses on ‘what is not,’ and completely misses the far greater reality of ‘what now is. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Have we ever thought to consider that God allows things in our lives to die so that in that death we might come to the precious realization of how little we’ve actually lived in the first place? Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ I can only begin the process of saving myself when I surrender to the reality that I can’t. And what greater place to surrender that reality than to an infant who surrendered Himself to me so that I m… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ God’s decision to reach out in such dramatic fashion as to lay all rightful privilege aside and be born into abject destitution tells us that His passion for us exceeds our desire for Him. And maybe w… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ We focus on the reasons why we ‘can’t’ at the expense of the far greater reasons why we ‘can’. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ One of the most terrifying questions of all might be, ‘Will I unleash myself to live before death unleashes me from the ability to be unleashed?’ And in retrospect, maybe it’s not the question that’s… Craig D. Lounsbrough
