“Memories no matter how small or inconsequential are the pages that define us.”

“I want to be outside with the misfits, with the rebels, the dreamers, second-chance givers, the radical grace lavishers, the ones with arms wide open, the courageously vulnerable, and among even—or maybe especially—the ones rejected by the Table as not worthy enough or right enough.”

“You are who you are, whether you like it or not, so why not like it?”

“This is our life. We get to decide the rules. We get to say what goes and what stays, what matters and what doesn’t.”

“The fact that you woke up this morning is proof that this day has already been predetermined in your favor.”

“It's one of our greatest human flaws: Arrogance. We look up and dare to assume we know, when the universe is unknowable.”

“If Christ's message could be distilled down to one line, that line would have to do with kindness and inclusiveness, not rules and divisiveness.”

“The man who must brag for himself knows that no one else will”