“You need to understand something Cal-in this world, we're not humans having a divine experience. We're divine beings having a human experience.”

“We're all being tested...That's what life is.”

“In this life, y'ever notice that you face the same challenges again and again? We all do. They're challenges to your soul. We repeat them until we face them and master them. Yes we all have free will, but there're divine patterns out there, and the battle is to see them.”

“We all hate something from our past, Cal. That's why we run from it, or compensate for it, or even fill our van with homeless people. But when something like this happens-when your dad shows up-maybe there is a bigger purpose. 'What you intended for evil, God intended for good.' Genesis 50:20”

“From ancient to modern times, the human animal knows how to find fighting.”

“there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.”

“Don't go to eighth grade...don't talk about something old...don't bring up old memories that have nothing to do with who we are now. THIS is all that matters! TODAY.”