...your life is your sermon...Are you a good translation?

Whatever you don't turn into praise turns into pride.

Anytime I'm not reading my Bible or praying, I feel like I'm wasting my time. [Mark's brother-in-law, Matt ________, speaking]

Learning is the heart of discipleship. You can't just take up your cross daily. You need to take up the Bible every day.

...love people when they least expect it and least deserve it. That is the kind of love Jesus shows to us.

...if you can truly surrender to Him, you will do more, be more, experience more. Life will just be more.

...if you're walking with Jesus and you invite someone to walk with you, there is a good chance they'll get to know Jesus somewhere along the way.

Following Jesus is a verb.

Your ability to see failure as a necessary stepping stone directly correlates with your ability to dream bigger and dream better.

I want to go after dreams that are destined to fail without diving intervention.

Part of discovering the adventure God has designed you for is learning how to frame it or reframe it.

Well… Actually, just read any books you find interesting will do. Even books that seem boring aren’t actually that dull. It’s just that the reader couldn’t find the interesting parts.

Trying to design the perfect plan is the perfect recipe for disappointment.

I was painfully shy when I was younger but at some point you've gotta grow up. I think the genius in the man-boy thing is you tap into a woman's motherly instincts.

My husband has always agreed with me philosophically.

Actually in the moment in which the idea has life, when it's listened to read, engaged with, acted on stage, it gains another dimension, it becomes three dimensional.

For a devotee or lover, the being, worshipped or loved, will always be the only one for her or him.

Look at the potential for America. Look at the direction we've been going. Look at the direction we need to go.

The coolest thing about doing live shows is I'm able to give the songs a new life. So even thought they're old, I'm able to do them in a way that's modern.

If I have kids, I'll adopt.

We'll be potters, we'll be painters, we'll be textile designers, we'll be jewelers, we'll be a little this, a little of that. We were going to be the renaissance people [when we were young].