Our lives have a countdown clock that we can't see. Mine reminds me to only do work that matters.

Every human being is searching for a deep sense of meaning, and yet we're all chasing success. We've confused one for the other.

Suffering ceases to be suffering when you have a redemptive perspective.

I could not have known then that everybody, every person, has to leave, has to change like seasons; they have to or they die. The seasons remind me that I must keep changing.

I know our culture will sometimes understand a love for Jesus as weakness. There is this lie floating around that says I am supposed to be able to do life alone, without any help, without stopping to worship something bigger than myself. But I actually believe there is something bigger than me, and I need for there to be something bigger than me. I need someone to put awe inside me; I need to come second to someone who has everything figured out.

Everybody wants to be somebody fancy. Even if they're shy.

Relationships unlock certain parts of who we are supposed to be.