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

It blew my mind that what I was thinking was actually applicable to people's lives, and it certainly revolutionized family.

At the time, I didn't know what forgiveness meant. I wouldn't really know what forgiveness meant for another year, until my pastor, Rick McKinley, happened to spell it out in a sermon. He said that when you forgive, you bear the burden somebody has given you without holding them accountable.

...if I do not introduce people to Jesus, then I don't believe Jesus is an important person. It doesn't matter what I say.

The reason I like writing a memoir is because it isn't preachy.

Meaningful stories have lots and lots of conflict. If we avoid conflict, our stories won't be meaningful.

When I was in love there was somebody in the world who was more important than me, and that, given all that happened at the fall of man, is a miracle, like something God forgot to curse.