I don't care to be good, Sheriff. I care to be whole.

But I still show up for gentleman practice in the company of lead dancers, hoping their grace will get stuck in my shoes.

The best songs are the ones about Georgia, even though I've never been there. It's the only place I still believe in Jesus.

The future gets no say in who we are.

Stop congregating in the valley just because an echo sounds good when it agrees with itself.

I choose to politely ask myself to step aside if I am in my own way. If I do not get out of my way, I choose to call a friend who will have me removed.

Stop inviting walls into wide open spaces.