God could have created the world simply to sustain us. Instead he created an extravagant world where Roquefort cheese and Texas brisket play well together.

Have you lost your capacity for simple joy? How Houston Astro, Doug Rader, made me an evangelist.

There are worse things than being a man who doesn't know what he's doing. One of them is being a man who walks away because he won’t admit he needs help and is just a beginner.

Rest in Peace, Mr. Berry. And thank you for bringing so much of that peace to the lives we live.

Ticks remind us there are two ways to go through this beautiful world and life: We can attach ourselves to it and ask: What can I take? Or we can open our hands and ask: What can I give?

Sometimes we cry because something is terribly wrong. And sometimes because something is gloriously right.

Behind one grieving widow’s question is another: Does love survive this?

My first crush, my first wink, and my first beating—all in the same week.

Sometimes seeing isn’t enough. Sometimes we have to open the window. And sometimes grace asks us to walk out the door.

True stories from ordinary life—places where grace, grief, humor, and hope open into something larger. Into the Kingdom of God.