Todd Burpo Quotes

“A student is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.”

“How do you scare some sense into a child who doesn’t fear death?”

“I think sometimes we think faith is about having all the answers. It isn't. But it's the thing that keeps you steady and in peace in the midst of storms.”

“It is the opposite of ignorance — it is intellectual honesty: to be willing to accept reality and to call things what they are even when it is hard.”

“Now was not the time to quit and mourn. Now was the time for prayer and action.”

“Sometimes laughter is the only way to process tough times.”

“What is childlike humility? It’s not the lack of intelligence, but the lack of guile. The lack of an agenda.”

“When I was angry at God because I couldn't go to my son, hold him, and comfort him, God's son was holding my son in his lap.”

“You might as well tell God what you think. He already knows it anyway.”