God wants to father all of us until we're dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heaven.

Church is what you do. Church is who you are. Church is the human outworking of the person of Jesus Christ. Let's not go to Church, let's be the Church.

If the request is wrong, God says, No. If the timing is wrong, God says, Slow. If you are wrong, God says, Grow. But if the request is right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, Go!

The local church is the hope of the world, and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.

The heart and soul of the Christian life is learning to hear God's voice and then developing the courage to do what he asks us to do.

Storms draw something out of us that calm seas don't.

If you lower the ambient noise of your life and listen expectantly for those whispers of God, your ears will hear them. And when you follow their lead, your world will be rocked.

You have never looked in the eyes of someone who does not matter to God.

If you don't change your schedule, you'll be the same person you've always been.

You are the most difficult person you will ever lead.

The best gift you can give a human being is an introduction to a God who loves them.

I love you the way a knife loves a heart, the way a bomb loves a crowd, the way your mother warned you about, essentially.

Veganism gives people an actual chance to DO SOMETHING instead of adding more cement (good intentions) to pave that road to Hell.

Envy is what makes you, when an acquaintance is lustily telling you that she's dating a Greek god of a guy, ask, 'Which one, Hades?'

I support myself by public speaking and trying to work on as many appropriate and legitimate ventures as I can.

I think goodreads is the best place to look for books

Let's get used to other cultures. Portray the world for what it is and you will find truth.

What is the point of it all? Not leaving legacies. But being ripe. Being ripe.

I really kind of set the bar really low, so I don't get disappointed.

Denser cities are smarter and more productive

Consider data without prejudice.