The church didn't know what to do with Ray Charles or Al Green. And so they were kind of ostracized.

I consider what I do soul music, it's music that is concerned with the soul.

You got to do well at your craft ultimately, especially if you know that people are observing you and watching you and you don't want to get out there and produce subpar work. Because that's how people look at it. They don't just look at you as an athlete, they look at it as o you're an athlete and you're a Christian, what's happening now?

We find worth in jobs, money, & performance so we can hide how worthless we feel inside. Acknowledge the pain to be healed.

Lack of prayer says you've brought into the lie that life is manageable and you've got everything under control

You've got to admit you're broken before you can be made whole.

Better to have a small role in God's story than to cast yourself as the lead in your own fiction.