I love to give to charity, but I don't want to be charity. This is why I have so much trouble with grace.

If we are not willing to wake up in the morning and die to ourselves, perhaps we should ask ourselves whether or not we are really following Jesus.

The most important thing that happens within Christian spirituality is when a person falls in love with Jesus.

But playing your music as loud as you want and coming home drunk aren't real life. Real life, it turns out, is diapers and lawnmowers, decks that need painting, a wife that needs to be listened to, kids that need to be taught right from wrong, a checkbook, an oil change, a sunset behind a mountain, laughter at a kitchen table, too much wine, a chipped tooth, and a screaming child.

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

There's a genius part of you that wants to create. That part of you wants to talk to God. Get out of the way.

We shouldn’t be afraid to embrace whimsy, that nagging idea that life could be magical; it could be special if we were only willing to take a few risks.