It's always better to step down from the pedestal than to be pulled off of it.

There is a rawness and a wonder to life. Pursue it. Hunt for it. Sell out to get it. Don't listen to the whines of those who have settled for a second-rate life and want you to do the same so they won't feel guilty. Your goal is not to live long; it's to live.

I choose joy... I will invite my God to be the God of circumstance. I will refuse the temptation to be cynical... the tool of the lazy thinker. I will refuse to see people as anything less than human beings, created by God. I will refuse to see any problem as anything less than an opportunity to see God.

The duty of the branch is to cling to the vine.

How my relationship with my parents influenced my writing, really not at all. My dad was a mechanic, my mom a nurse.

In the manger God loves you; through the cross God saves you. But has he taken you to his home? Not yet.

Compassion in evangelical churches is out of balance. When I talk about it, I get a lot of glazed expressions.