Christmas was about understanding that servanthood would win the hearts of men for eternity, where raw power might win them only for a moment, if at all.

We ask, ‘Why the need for God?’ Maybe the better question is ‘Why the need not to need Him?’ And could it be that that question in fact evidences our need for Him?

You are not made in ‘your image’. You are, in fact, made in ‘God’s image’. Therefore, which one are you looking for when you look in the mirror?

If I’ve prayed, I never have to worry about being the first one to show up.

In the end, if we don't have God we don't have anything other than an end.

The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise.

Faith is rare because fear is rampant. For faith will demand that I step into places that fear itself fears to go.

Forgiveness allows the burdens that we carry to become the histories that we forget.

When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we are using wisdom to overcome cowardice.

I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors tend to lead to the worst places.

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

He was in love with every pretty woman he saw now, their forms at a distance, their shadows on the walls.

Half a brain is better than none.

With diligent, you will master the act.

When you get a chance to step back, you notice all these great things you've done and all these great people that you've worked with.

I love comedy; I'm super passionate about it, and thank God it's super in right now to have female empowered comedies.

My father helped me become a ballplayer and take the good with the bad.

But times do change and move continually.

One has to arrive at a specific temperature, at which the objects become malleable.

One can be coerced to church, but not to worship.

Um, Dues ex machina anyone?