Instead of asking what it feels like to follow God or be used by God, we should be asking who God is, and whether we really know Him. Everything else will take care of itself.

The times in my life when I have been most happy haven't been the times when I have had the most money or the most freedom or the most anything, but rather when I've been in love or in community or right with people.

Maybe life isn't meaningless...Maybe just YOUR life is meaningless

We don't think of our flaws as the glue that binds us to the people we love, but they are. Grace only sticks to your imperfections.

When I started studying the issue and issues related to fatherlessness, I realized I had all of them. Fear of intimacy, fear of commitment, poor work ethic, just stuff that you don't have when you don't have a man in your life to look you in the eye and say, "You're good," or "Good job."

Passion about nothing is like pouring gasoline in a car without wheels. It isn't going to lead anybody anywhere.

I asked God to help me understand the story of the forest and what it means to be a tree in that story.