My chains are gone I've been set free My God, my Savior has ransomed me And like a flood His mercy reigns Unending love, amazing grace!

Worship: Where God isn't moved by the quality of our voice but by the condition of our hearts.

Don't chase accomplishments , people or positions to find your worth. You're already loved as you are by the Father.

Remember: In the end, you're not living to impress your friends or your relatives or your coworkers. All of life is for Jesus.

Worship isn't a feeling you wait for, it's a choice you make.

Humility is the key characteristic of a worship leader. Actually, the key for any great leader.

I lift my hands to believe again. You are my refuge. You are my strength. As I pour out my heart, these things I remember, You are faithful, God, forever.

You lead me and keep me from falling. You carry me close to Your heart. And surely Your goodness and mercy will follow me.

And If our God is for us, then who could ever stop us, and if our God is with us, then what can stand against?

Worship comes from a thankful heart.

When I write songs, I try to write in a way to reach as many people as I can, to be a lighthouse versus a flashlight.

The first and the last steps on the ladder of life are the most insightful.

God spares us because He is good, but He could not be good if He were not just.

IMAGINATION, n. A warehouse of facts, with poet and liar in joint ownership.

Its okay to have a job that fits your passions, we don't have to suffer for money.

Life is hard but being stupid makes it harder.

As if there could be true stories: things happen in one way, and we retell them in the opposite way.

[The main character] is in a forever-growing process. I feel the movie [everybody Loves Somebody] did that very well and not finishing off as "a woman's life ends when she finds the right guy".

One of my favorite authors is Robert Cormier. He was a devout Catholic and a very nice man, which might not be the impression you get from reading his books.

Some people read their Bibles in Hebrew, some in Greek; I like to read mine in the Holy Ghost.

All problems exist in the absence of a good conversation.