Telling the truth is the slow, mundane, difficult route to a meaningful life. Anything else is cheating.

It confuses me that Christian living is not simpler. The gospel, the very good news, is simple.

Meaningful stories have lots and lots of conflict. If we avoid conflict, our stories won't be meaningful.

It's something you can actually control. With writing, it feels like it's given to you, and when the good stuff hits, it feels like it's coming from some other planet.And you're just channeling it.

I always thought the Bible was more of a salad thing, you know, but it isn't. It's a chocolate thing.

...she wanted God to make sense. He doesn't. He will make no more sense to me than I will make sense to an ant.

In exchange for our humility and willingness to accept the charity of God, we are given a kingdom. And a beggar's kingdom is better than a proud man's delusion.