It occurs to me it is not so much the aim of the devil to lure me with evil as it is to preoccupy me with the meaningless.

People want to join a great story. If you want to lead, tell one with your life.

the times we worked harder to make the day stand out. our story demanded that we change and so we did.

I'm the kind of person who wants to present my most honest, authentic self to the world, so I hide backstage and rehearse honest and authentic lines until the curtain opens.

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.

I know our culture will sometimes understand a love for Jesus as weakness. There is this lie floating around that says I am supposed to be able to do life alone, without any help, without stopping to worship something bigger than myself. But I actually believe there is something bigger than me, and I need for there to be something bigger than me. I need someone to put awe inside me; I need to come second to someone who has everything figured out.

And when you find love, or when you are mature enough to understand it, the feeling you get is gratitude.