The meaning of our lives is revealed through experiences that at first seem at odds with each other--moments we wish would never end and moments we wish had never begun.

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.

Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.

Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, "life to the limit.

He is the playfulness of creation, scandal and utter goodness, the generosity of the ocean and the ferocity of a thunderstorm; he is cunning as a snake and gentle as a whisper; the gladness of sunshine and the humility of a thirty-mile walk by foot on a dirt road.

The true story of every person in this world is not the story you see, the external story. The true story of each person is the journey of his or her heart.

Truth be told, most of us are faking our way through life. We pick only those battles we are sure to win, only those adventures we are sure to handle, only those beauties we are sure to rescue.