You cannot be a Christian without being a mystic

How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?

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

I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. But I was outside the Bagdad Theater in Portland one night when I saw a man playing the saxophone. I stood there for fifteen minutes, and he never opened his eyes.

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

And when you find love, or when you are mature enough to understand it, the feeling you get is gratitude.

I know, from the three visits I made to him, the blended composite of love and fear that exists only in a boy's notion of his father.