The tendency in today's culture is to want to be a 'star', but I want to be a servant.

I feel like that's something the church has done really badly is actually confessing. We are sinners. We are broken, shattered people that do things selfishly, out of arrogance, pride, lust, greed. And all have fallen short. That doesn't mean some we're definitely a part of that inclusive all.

Nothing stays together without a fight.

Hope is not something you can just place in your back pocket or put your fingers around – it’s the belief in a world that has yet to exist.

When our world falls apart and we have no more faces to wear - that’s when it’s beautiful, and that’s when we change.

Sometimes it can be really hard in our fast paced society to slow ourselves down enough to begin to listen to God's voice. The dilemma exists in my position as well. To be a follower of Christ is to emulate Him. When He went off alone into the desert to pray, He was teaching a valuable lesson.

For me, even if I'm not a fan of the band in general or maybe it's not the style of music I want to put on for my daughter and me when we're waking up in the morning, there's always something that I can learn from it. And I think those are the things that are surprising.