“ I think our culture encourages all of us to always put our best foot forward. I think it's a good thing. I think it's nice to rise to the occasion, to be kind and considerate, and have self control. ”

“ The people I've been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity. ”

“ Come Christmas Eve, we usually go to my mom and dad's. Everybody brings one gift and then we play that game when we all steal it from each other. Some are really cool, others are useful and some are a bit out there. ”

“ Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving. ”

“ But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion. ”

“ I can look back at different times in my life when I felt I could not find my way out of whatever it was. I'm not necessarily talking about marriage, but I wanted to pack it in. I wanted to disappear. A lot of that has to do with being in the public eye. ”

“ Since I travel so much, it's always great to be home. There's nothing like getting to raid my own refrigerator at two in the morning. ”

“ I can look at the future with anticipation. And it's comforting to know that someday, as Christians, we'll be able to look back and have a little more clarity on why certain things in life happened. ”

“ Real relationship is gritty and earthy, the stuff that life is made of. ”

“ Rich Mullins was the uneasy conscience of Christian music. He didn't live like a star. He'd taken a vow of poverty so that what he earned could be used to help others. ”