I think the church needs – I think this is the world we are living in and we need to affirm people wherever they are.

When you forgive somebody, when you are generous, when you withhold judgment, when you love and when you stand up to injustice, you are, in that moment, bringing heaven to earth.

Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth.

Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn’t as bright as it could be.

What we do comes out of who we believe we are.

The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God.

Well, I affirm orthodox Christian faith. I affirm the Nicene Creed. I don't think I'm doing anything terribly new.

The life that you want begins the moment you embrace the life you have because all of it is a miracle.

Often times when I meet atheists and we talk about the god they don’t believe in, we quickly discover that I don’t believe in that god, either.

If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship.

That breath that you just took, that's a gift!

For so I created them free and free they must remain.

Even on the silent days, believe your ship will come.

You create your future by what you do in the present

I think I learned about the relationship between books and life from Margaret Mitchell.

If you're trying to find out what's coming next, turn off everything you own that has an OFF switch and listen.

You need a lot of things in any organization, but one of the critical things is trust. When you lose trust and you feel betrayed, and it's not a matter of judgment.

When you ask my three year old if my iPhone is too complicated, it's not. It's all relative.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together. It's coming up with ideas, testing principles and perfecting the engineering, as well as final assembly.

I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane.