By accepting God's love for us, we fall in love with Him, and only then do we have the fuel we need to obey.

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

The thing about new things is you feel new when you buy them, you feel as though you are somebody different because you own something different. We are our possessions, you know. There are people who get addicted to buying new stuff. Things. Piles and piles of things. But the new things become old things so quickly. We need new things to replace the old things.

I am something of a recluse by nature. I am that cordless screwdriver that has to charge for twenty hours to earn ten minutes use. I need that much downtime.

I'm not a pastor; I've never been on staff at a church.

In the age of information, ignorance is a choice.

Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself.