I think despair and cynicism are two different things. On the flip side of hope is despair. Belief and doubt are the same thing, in that to believe something you have to actively doubt the opposite. And from my perspective, that's the deep end. You're dealing with the unknown; you're dealing with mystery.

I try to write songs just for the song itself. I don't try and think about where it's going to end up, that way you're writing for the good of the song.

Please be slow to judge ‘brothers’ who have a different calling.

My challenge is, do not run away from the hard questions. Truly ask yourself what's worth living for in this life.

I want to be a compassionate soul, finding worth and beauty in the worlds around me and within me, attempting to sing a transcendent tune with my temporal position in this life.

The beauty of what I read in the gospel is the intimacy of what we're called to, that there's no middle man.

Eventually everything fails me, but when I look at the sunset or the sky, I'm reminded what it's like to be alive.