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.

If you’re following God and haven’t lost much of what you’ve been holding on to - follow a little closer.

We'll become whoever we trust the most says we are.

God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.

Grace works that way. It's a kind word from a gentle person with an impossible prayer. It's a force sometimes transmitted best hand to hand in a dark place.

When you identify with an organization and you want to do stuff [but] you get this inexplicable 'no' - a lot of people get off the end and think, Well, God must have said no to me. No! The organization just said no to you. Find what it is that you were made to do and get on it! Go do what you were made to do.

We won't figure out what's sacred in life if we settle for what's safe.