I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me

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

I often learn more about myself from listening to the life story of a friend than I do reflecting on my own story.

It is no coincidence that Jesus talks endlessly about love. Free love. Unconditional love.

My most recent faith struggle is not one of intellect. I don’t really do that anymore. Sooner or later you just figure out there are some guys who don’t believe in God and they can prove He doesn't exist, and there are some other guys who do believe in God and they can prove He does exist, and the argument stopped being about God a long time ago and now it’s about who is smarter, and honestly I don’t care.

I think it's very hard for us, for Christians, to understand that it's okay to read a book, for instance, on how to manage your time. There's nothing wrong with that.

If you have a beautiful story, it has to have conflict. If you don't have conflict, it can't be a good story.