“Faith is salted and peppered through everything at Christmas. And I love at least one night by the Christmas tree to sing and feel the quiet holiness of that time that's set apart to celebrate love, friendship, and God's gift of the Christ child.”

“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.”

“I write about everything, but I just - how faith filters through all that and colors your opinion of other people and life and all that.”

“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.”

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

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

“Get outside. Watch the sunrise. Watch the sunset. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel big or tiny? Because there's something good about feeling both.”

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

“I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choices.”

“Do I think all contemporary Christian music is good? No.”