I learned that true love turns the other cheek, does not take a wrong into account, loves all people regardless of their indifference or hostility.

Christian spirituality was not a children's story. It wasn't cute or neat. It was mystical and odd and clean, and it was reaching into dirty. There was wonder in it and enchantment.

Today I wonder why it is God refers to Himself as 'Father' at all. This, to me, in light of the earthly representation of the role, seems a marketing mistake.

I know, from the three visits I made to him, the blended composite of love and fear that exists only in a boy's notion of his father.

It was a haunting feeling, the sort of sensation you get when you wonder whether you are two people, the other of which does things you can't explain, bad and terrible things.

When one of my friends becomes a Christian, which happens about every 10 years because I am a sheep about sharing my faith, the experience is euphoric. I see in their eyes the trueness of the story.

Sometimes the things we want most in life are the things that will kill us.

Everybody wants to be somebody fancy. Even if they're shy.

Anybody who wants to get their way says that Jesus supports their view. But that isn't Jesus' fault.

I was starting to believe I was a character in a greater story, which is why the elements of story made sense in the first place.

I lay there under the stars and thought of what a great responsibility it is to be human.

Life always begins with one step outside of your comfort zone.

I am looking for the people who have always been there, and belong to the places they live. The others I do not wish to see.

If and when the world does not meet your expectations, pick up a pen and paper and create your own.

For me life is a challenge. And it will be a challenge if I live to be a hundred or if I get to be a trillionaire.

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

We all know how important love is, yet how often is it really emoted or exhibited? What so many sick people in this world suffer from-loneliness, boredom and fear-can't be cured with a pill.

I try to emulate his approach of really get the most out of people by allowing them to experiment and certainly allowing people to make mistakes.

I'm driven. I am. I'm driven for some reason. But I don't know where I'm going.

Rather than shrinking away from your problems, grow bigger than them.