Zack Dean

“If you feel stuck in your life, like it’s passing you by, like there’s something way better for you somewhere out there and you’re missing it, try this—try throwing yourself into the small things and repeating to yourself: This is where I start.”
― Rob Bell, How to Be Here: A Guide to Creating a Life Worth Living

“One of the axioms that most religions, Judaism included, accept about God is that God is good. But those are just words. What does it actually mean to be good? One of the things it means, Luzzatto says, is that one acts to benefit others. If there is no world, though, then there are no others that God can benefit; He exists alone in numinous solitude. God acted to create a world so that there would be other beings existing besides Himself, beings upon whom He could bestow goodness. In short, God created the world because goodness demanded it.”
― David Fohrman, The Beast That Crouches At The Door

“Jason decided to stop yelling at his daughter and, instead, created a better story to invite her into.”
― Donald Miller, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life

“Whether or not you currently feel that God is around doesn’t alter reality. Whether or not you feel He loves you, or even that you are worthy of His love, doesn’t change reality either.”
― Brant Hansen, Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better