“I never miss a good chance to shut up”
― Along Came a Spider
― Along Came a Spider
“Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.”
― Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
― Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
“As a writer of worship songs, I have a hunger to write deep songs of passionate reverence to God. Yet I'm aware I cannot sing before I have seen. All worship is a response to a revelation--it's only as we breathe in more of the wonders of God that we can breathe out a fuller response to Him....the key to a life of passionate and powerful worship comes from seeing God.”
― Facedown
― Facedown
“you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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