And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

If a piece of genius comes, it comes, and it if doesn't, it doesn't.

All this beauty exists so you and I can see His glory, His artwork. It's like an invitation to worship Him, to know Him.

I love writing books - I really do. If I could just quit everything and work on a book every day, I would love that most.

One of the things I love about our source text as Christians, the Bible is that it teaches us not to avoid conflict. And it teaches us that before the fall of man, in Paradise, there was conflict. God wants conflict to be a part of your life.

I once listened to an Indian on television say that God was in the wind and the water, and I wondered at how beautiful that was because it meant you could swim in Him or have Him brush your face in a breeze.

You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.