People assume when they come into a church and see a person up there speaking, 'That person must be a good person.' My challenge through the years has been believing that: 'I guess I must be a really good person.' I struggle with it. It just helps me to keep that confessional posture.

We refuse to believe that this present world is the sum total of human existence.

We may forget him, but God will never forget us. We're forever on his mind and in his plans.

Next time a sunrise steals your breath or a meadow of flowers leave you speechless, remain that way. Say nothing, and listen as Heaven whispers, "Do you like it? I did it just for you."

You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done - but simply because you are.

What I may intend for a story to communicate and what a story ends up communicating could be two different things. And it could be an even more positive thing.

Very, very rarely will I leave San Antonio to speak somewhere else. I used to do that, and it just about wore me out, so I quit traveling.