...a beggar's kingdom is better than a proud man's delusion.

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.

I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.

You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.

If we knew how much God loved us and was for us, we’d talk to Him all day long.

How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?

There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing.

I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.

God knows whatever comes your way, in any given circumstance.

Carefully analyze the old stories that you choose to perpetually tell, for these are really life-long meditations.

Please do not become so hurt by life that when someone loving comes along, or something good happens, you resist allowing the love and joy in.

Glittering tinsel, lights, glass balls, and candy canesdangle from pine trees.

It's little quirks like this that could make life difficult for a chess machine.

Thank you for touching me. Some of the only moments worth living were spent with you. Not you especially, the collective you.

God deliver me from the dread asbestos of “other things.” Saturate me with the oil of the Spirit that I may be aflame.

What's the name of the birth defect you have, trampled by a horse during the 2nd trimester?

The future is embedded in the present.

I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day; it's amazing to have that time, and I feel very lucky.