I had the choice to either grow up and find God in the situation or become bitter. I chose to find God. And I experienced freedom like I never knew before.

Punctuality is the thief of time

In every age of transition men are never so firmly bound to one way of life as when they are about to abandon it.

(D)reams are like that: they go in and out of memories and scenes, but they're never real. They're never real, and I hate them because they aren't.

Charles Tucker had starred in Ella's dreams ever since she was fourteen.

We need to know what the Bible says about abortion and marriage, poverty and slavery, and we need to see how all of these issues fundamentally relate to the gospel.

Conversation should be like juggling; up go the balls and plates, up and over, in and out, good solid objects that glitter in the footlights and fall with a bang if you miss them.

One I've been passionately committed to, of course, is women's ministry; I believe solidly in it as a Gospel issue and we've found our way through that.

I still dream of the day when I will take a photograph so beautiful that it can be called love.

For the people who believe, you don't have to explain, and for the people who don't believe, no explanation is good enough.

I've always liked Playboy; I think it's very tasteful.