" Your action, in your writing life, is a part of the action of the larger church in the world.

Writers also play a central role in the church, or they should. We are the story-tellers of the community. We write of the church, out of the church, and also to the church.

We translate the church to the world, but also sometimes call the church to be better than it is already. We name things. We point and ponder. We show and tell important things and beautiful and painful true stories. "

― , Craft, Cost & Call: How to Build a Life as a Christian Writer