If God has the answer to every question, maybe my appreciation for God should be shaped more by the number of questions and less by the wisdom of the answers.

We ask, ‘Why the need for God?’ Maybe the better question is ‘Why the need not to need Him?’ And could it be that that question in fact evidences our need for Him?

You are not made in ‘your image’. You are, in fact, made in ‘God’s image’. Therefore, which one are you looking for when you look in the mirror?

If I’ve prayed, I never have to worry about being the first one to show up.

In the end, if we don't have God we don't have anything other than an end.

The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise.

Faith is rare because fear is rampant. For faith will demand that I step into places that fear itself fears to go.

Forgiveness allows the burdens that we carry to become the histories that we forget.

When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we are using wisdom to overcome cowardice.

I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors tend to lead to the worst places.

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

Meat may taste good, but the guilt of eating it tastes far worse.

If someone grabs you in the street, hit hard and fast, because you may not get a second chance.

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

It's usually kids that normally don't have a chance to get to meet each other because they're separated by millions of different things.

You have to have a thin skin. As a creative person, you have to. You can't get a thick skin.

I always describe writing a story as throwing bowling pins in the air and then catching them.

Marriage is like pleading guilty to an indefinite sentence. Without parole.

You've got to be taught to hate and fear.

I think the accessories look very modern and very exciting. These big earrings, these big hoops. I think the girls are sort of falling in love with... collars, neck collars.

Religion is a strange, wonderful thing. More crimes have been committed in the name of righteousness than any other notion.