I realized that every sermon I preached should be designed not to 'teach' or 'convert' people, but rather to encourage them, to give them a lift. I decided to adopt the spirit, style, strategy and substance of a 'therapist' in the pulpit.

We all know that a church is not a building.

Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.

Today's accomplishments were yesterday's impossibilities.

It is the power of God that keeps us rolling on. It's real good. When you know it to be real and true, that's when you have to share it with whoever will listen.

A Hank Cochran song in the studio is spiritual. It's like singing a hymn in a church.

We start 'The Butler' in June and that's incredibly exciting for me because I get to work with the amazing Forest Whitaker again. It's a phenomenal script and a great, great role - I play his son. Oprah Winfrey is his wife and my mother. My character is a radical civil rights activist.

For me, anytime I see a mother truly loving her child, famous or not, it brings a smile to my face. I think most people would agree.