We were created to be expressions of the goodness and wholeness of God.

It is amazing where God will take you when you are willing to follow. Life is full of surprises when we choose mystery over security.

We are all hypocrites in transition. I am not who I want to be, but I am on the journey there, and thankfully I am not whom I used to be.

The church does not exist for us. We are the church, and we exist for the world.

I think a lot of us are not on a path; we're in a rut. We have confused comfort with peace, belief with faith, safety with wisdom, wealth with blessing, and existence with life.

God gives God-sized dreams to people with God-shaped hearts.

It is insanity to run from God and search for love.

The person who loves the process has a much greater chance of success than the person who loves the outcome.

The limitations you are willing to accept establish the boundaries of your existence.

Home is ultimately not about a place to live but about the people with whom you are most fully alive. Home is about love, relationship, community, and belonging, and we are all searching for home.

Your dreams are the product of your longings, a portrait of your potential, and a promise of your future.

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty...But I am too busy thinking about myself.

Many people will find this book disrespectful. There is nothing amusing about being dead, they will say. Ah, but there is.

The people that mind don't matter, and the people that matter don't mind.

We can good deed by God’s grace.

A vivid image compels the whole body to follow.

This planet is our home and we're trashing and killing it.

Since we are already Buddhas, happy and suffering Buddhas, wise and confused Buddhas, we are already Buddha.

For me, nostalgia is an involuntary emotion. ... I think it's just a natural human response to loss.

Pessimists beat their heads against walls, while optimists open doors.