God did not give Joseph any special information about how to get from being the son of a nomad in Palestine to being Pharaoh's right hand man in Egypt. What He did give Joseph were eleven jealous brothers, the attention of a very loose and vengeful woman, the ability to do the service of interpreting dreams and managing other people's affairs and the grace to do that faithfully wherever he was.

After you're dead [...] it's not gonna matter if you have a few scars. It will matter if you didn't live.

I am tired again tonight - a good kind of tired. Some aches are well earned. I wish I could see the sky tonight

I think, writing-wise, I am probably more of a quilter than a weaver because I just get a little scrap here and a little scrap there and sew them together.

We are not saved because we're good. We're good because we're saved.

A lot of people are sitting around waiting for God to tell them what to do. I think God is saying 'Do what you want!' If he wants me to express His love, I need to find a way to do it.

Save me from trendy religion that makes cheap clichés out of timeless truths.