I used to have six theories and no kids. Now I have six kids and no theories.

Effective love is rarely efficient.

The Luddite impulse is strong among Christians, and our first reaction is to rage against the machine.

Most moms and dads think they are either the best or the worst parents in the world. Both are wrong.

The people on this planet who end up doing nothing are those who never realize they can't do everything.

One reason we never tame the busy this beast is that we are unwilling to kill anything.

We will have to work hard to rest.

Real life applications get tricky when we think about them.

Battling busyness is a community response.

The more my brain was fed, the hungrier it became.

I can turn every "is" into "ought ".

I'm often wrong but never in doubt.

The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.

Surely the earth can be saved by all the people who insist on love.

No reason to get excited,' the thief, he kindly spoke, There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.

And I told her point blank, you've got everything to live for. You've got such talent. You're back singing great, lose the weight. And she went and did it, and look at her now!

At the heart of the celebration, there are the poor. If [they] are excluded, it is not longer a celebration. [...] A celebration must always be a festival of the poor.

Don't let anybody raise you. You've been raised.

Ernest Hemingway was the author I drew inspiration from.

He had on bunny slippers. These had fangs. They all stared at them in silence for about a heartbeat, and then Shane said, "That is impressively wicked. Crazy, but wicked.

I let people say and write what they want.