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.

Christ, in short, asks us to give everything, all our false redemption in the lifeboat, all our false ideas about who God is, all our trust in something other than God to redeem us. In so doing, we die to our broken natures in exchange for His perfect nature, and find unification with Him that will allow God to see us as one.

What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.

Sunday morning church service is not an enormous priority; spending time with other believers is.

I stay away from churches in which I feel like I have to pretend I'm a better person than I am. That sort of thing moves my faith backwards.

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

Great writers know what to cut out. It's the same in life. Clear ambitions. Clear relationships. This is the stuff of good story.