The important thing is to make a different world, to make a world that is not now. A real world, a genuine world, but one that allows myth to live. The myth is everything.
If you feel an overwhelming urge to act spontaneously, pull in the reins
Persistent, internal inklings matched by external confirmation is often the way God directs believers into His will.
Yet some of the most faithful, effective Christians I know are those who are living out their quiet calling to the few in their home, to their fledging church, or to the homeless under a bridge in their city. Nothing is meager or insignificant about that.
Yesterday's partial obedience creates staggering consequences in today's experiences.
They were creating a program on contemplative prayer called Be Still. They asked me to be a part of this project that was designed to help Americans see the importance of spending time before God in stillness. I knew immediately that God wanted me to be a part of the project.
In the midst of a universe that cannot exist for a second without constant motion, God transcended the order of nature. He stopped. He rested. And He prescribes the same for you and me.
I try not to think about my public life. I focus on my private life, and that's just the best way to live.
I talk to myself on paper about my characters - sometimes writing in first person. . . I keep lists of unanswered questions that I can always turn to in order to get myself going.
The packaging has to really sell the product today, because kids can go out and buy a CD and then 10 kids can burn them. So you have to really be on your toes.
Sometimes things don't work like they should.