And as it turns out, if one person is praying for you, buckle up. Things can happen.

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.

Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.

Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity.

... the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. [pp. 65-66]

Sometimes I think that Jesus watches my neurotic struggles, and shakes his head and grips his forehead and starts tossing back mojitos.

Nothing heals us like letting people know our scariest parts: When people listen to you cry and lament, and look at you with love, it's like they are holding the baby of you.

Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.

I thought the secret of life was obvious: be here now, love as if your whole life depended on it, find your life's work, and try to get hold of a giant panda.

Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the Book of Job: Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit.

Don't try to write anything you can't feel - it will be a failure - 'echoes nothing worth

Historically, nature has been very good at surprising us.

Love is a magical power. If love is not a living magic, then what is?

war is a thug's game. The thug strikes first and harder. He doesn't go by rules and he isn't afraid of hurting people.

I don't do too many jokes about current affairs, because almost every comedian always does that.

Good listening works magic... Listen intently intentionally!

I don't want to make niche-oriented music.

In two opposite opinions, if one be perfectly reasonable, the other can't be perfectly right.

The more disciplined you become, the easier life gets.

News is what people don't want you to print. Everything thing else is ads.