That's all the information I need to know about the church, Jesus picked it. And so instead of me telling the church how she would really look better if she had this in her hair, or that over there, I think I'm just respecting the Groom's pick.

Our failures can leave behind pavement or potholes. Our ability to receive grace determines which it will be.

The teachers I've learned the most from, didn't think they were teaching me; they just thought we were friends.

Go be the next humblest version of yourself.

Cynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash.

People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it's not easily controlled.

I don't think anyone aims to be typical, really. Most people even vow to themselves some time in high school or college not to be typical. But still, they just kind of loop back to it somehow. Like the circular rails of a train at an amusement park, the scripts we know offer a brand of security, of predictability, of safety for us. But the problem is, they only take us where we've already been. They loop us back to places where everyone can easily go, not necessarily where we were made to go. Living a different kind of life takes some guts and grit and a new way of seeing things.