“God does not ask us to carry burdens. He does not ask us to save the world. He does not ask us to come up with a plan. He simply asks us to 'come'.”

“There is no activity that is somehow more Christian than another. God looks at the heart, and that is the good part that Mary knew. he simply asks us to come as we are and to be willing, open to receive whatever he might have for us this day. That is what it means to live a graceful life.”

“That's what service does. It points us to Jesus, not to ourselves.”

“He (God) never promises that our families will be safe. Not in the way we think. He does promise his presence, though.”

“God gives us the courage to face those fears and then invites us to move toward him in the midst of them.”

“The question I constantly asked myself was this: What am I supposed to do?”

“The story of redemtion and healing is that Jesus came to exchange my not-good-enough with his better-than-I-could-ever-imagine. He came to trade my life for His, my weak for His strong, my ashes for His beauty. He longs for each of us to recieve the gift of Himself.”