"I have heard so many comments about how your message was just what folks needed. You have a comfortable way about you, and if we were neighbors I think we would be friends. Thank you for your stories, and for encouraging us to share ours. It is important work to connect with others and to meet them where they are.  We have been blessed by your presence and by your message, and I hope we can do it justice by carrying God's love that you have enriched in us out into the world."