I always thought the Bible was more of a salad thing, you know, but it isn't. It's a chocolate thing.

In exchange for our humility and willingness to accept the charity of God, we are given a kingdom. And a beggar's kingdom is better than a proud man's delusion.

Good writers show rather than tell. Stories are told in action. Life stories are no different.

Before I studied story, I was trying to write a novel, and it was terrible. It wasn't going anywhere, and I couldn't figure out what I was trying to do. It was really hard; much harder than I thought it was going to be. Now that I've studied story, I think I'd have a different approach and maybe I could actually get it done.

People want to join a great story. If you want to lead, tell one with your life.

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

By accepting God's love for us, we fall in love with Him, and only then do we have the fuel we need to obey.