Christian spirituality was not a children's story. It wasn't cute or neat. It was mystical and odd and clean, and it was reaching into dirty. There was wonder in it and enchantment.

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

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.

You cannot be a Christian without being a mystic

There's a lot of letters, and a lot of people come say "hi" at book signings, but I'm amazed at how normal everybody is.

The downside of being a writer is you get plenty of time to overthink your life.

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