Every boy, in his journey to become a man, takes an arrow in the center of his heart, in the place of his strength. Because the wound is rarely discussed and even more rarely healed, every man carries a wound. And the wound is nearly always given by his father.

Mary had Joseph. Esther had Mordecai. Ruth had Boaz. We will not become the women God intends us to be without the guidance, counsel, wisdom, strength, and love of good men in our lives.

Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.

A man's calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.

We are created for adventure, and if we cannot find one, we start blowing things out of proportion so it feels like we have one.

The real you is on the side of God against the false self

God endowed you with a glory when he created you, a glory so deep and mythic that all creation pales in comparison.