Old times, sad times. I feel better about them now than I did then.

I think that those few words were my greatest mistake.

How you react doesn’t tell a person about your character, as much as it does your fear or God's fire. Which is it?

Darkness had been essentially banished from the Earth. It had become a choice.

Don't be afraid to start over again. This time you're not starting from scratch, you're starting from experience.

A world's full of broken hearts. That's all this is. I wondered if there was anyone above the age of say, 18, in the world who hadn't had their hearts broken at some point.

Even in my own church I heard the words, 'Francis Chan' more than I heard the words, 'Holy Spirit.'

I prefer to focus on the future. There are a lot of new stories to be heard.

Teacher preparation should go beyond the technical preparation of teachers and be rooted in the ethical formation both of selves and of history.

It takes courage to step out of the line marked 'security' into the line marked 'risk.'

More good things in life are lost by indifference than ever were lost by active hostility.

Homer is my example and his unchristened heart.