Christ never intended to cover up the dark side of life, but rather to illuminate a path through it.

So take seriously the story that God has given you to live. It’s time to read your own life, because your story is the one that could set us all ablaze.

The work of restoration cannot begin until a problem is fully faced.

Healing comes when our story is raw, bone-deep and full of hunger for what only Jesus can offer.

Strength is found in weakness. Control is found in dependency. Power is found in surrender.

If we want to create a different future, we must have the courage to look at the past.

Every addiction is an attempt to slay hope.

Most people want to grow, but the price of growth is pain.

Every marriage moves either toward enhancing one another’s glory or toward degrading each other.

Stories don't give answers, but they do offer perspective.

The desire for beauty, the hunger for union, the passion to be part of something greater than self, all arise out of our bent to worship.

When your Knowledge is Linked Together it is called Experience.

No one in the world is really over 28. I wish I had known that when I thought I was 40.

In fact my son subscribes to Pro Bull Rider magazine.

Was [Adolf Hitler] rude to me? Never. He was always polite and well-mannered.

I have this saying. Quality is the best business plan. I believe so strongly in that.

Me, as a human, I never want to take away another human being's choices or lifestyles or anything.

It is from that region of silence, that wordless knowing comes.

Most Americans want judges who will stick to interpreting the law rather than making it.

By forbearing to do what may innocently be done, we may add hourly new vigor to resolution.

[On President Bush's plan to get to Mars in 10 years] Stupid. Robots would do a better job and be much cheaper because you don't have to bring them back.