He thought about the story his daughter was living and the role she was playing inside that story. He realized he hadn't provided a better role for his daughter. He hadn't mapped out a story for his family. And so his daughter had chosen another story, a story in which she was wanted, even if she was only being used. In the absence of a family story, she'd chosen a story in which there was risk and adventure, rebellion and independence.

I think that's the true litmus test for someone who has become closer to Jesus: their heart is more loving, accepting, childlike, less believing that they have all the answers and more believing in Him.

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

The mountains themselves call us into greater stories.

It wasn't necessary to win for the story to be great, it was only necessary to sacrifice everything.

Most great art is created when the artist feels they are channeling something rather than trying to communicate something.

All the trees are losing their leaves, and not one of them is worried.