Every time we see people as ordinary, we turn the wine back into water.

Whimsy doesn't care if you are the driver or the passenger; all that matters is that you are on your way.

Failure is just part of the process, and it's not just okay; it's better than okay. God doesn't want failure to shut us down. God didn't make it a three-strikes-and-you're-out sort of thing. It's more about how God helps us dust ourselves off so we can swing for the fences again. And all of this without keeping a meticulous record of our screw-ups.

People who take huge risks aren't afraid to fail. In fact, they love to fail. It's because failing means they found the edge.

I know that sounds so circular, but for you, what you were made to do, is different than what I was made to do. But instead of spending all of our time having Bible studies about what we were made to do, go do stuff and you'll figure out what you were made to do, because you'll be great at some things and you'll be terrible at others.

What I've learned the more time I've spent following Jesus is that God delights in answering our impossible prayers.

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.