Why me? Why did You come all the way out here? Isn’t everyone in town falling at Your feet?[Melech]The shepherd leaves the 99 on the mountain to search for the one that went astray.[Jesus]
When a person passes, we strive to remember them exactly as they were. Yet, when we think of our own legacy, there’s a quiet hope to be remembered for our best, not our mistakes, or our flops, or worse, the secrets we tried to bury.
We all make mistakes. It’s what we do next that counts, right?
We all get s*** wrong sometimes. Some of us get it wrong a lot. But if you own up to your mistakes, you always have a shot at making things right.[to Miguel]
This is your chance. You get her there, you keep her alive, and you set everything right. All the s*** we did.[to Joel]
There’s more to who you are than your worst moment.[to Harrison]
The whole reason these kids got into trouble was because of us. We can’t let them suffer because of our issues. The only way to end this is by working together.[to Johnny]
This is close as I got on Apollo 10.[Edward Baldwin]Stick with me, kid. I’ll take you all the way this time.[Molly Cobb]
People want redemption stories. Redemption is the commonality in all the great myths, the major religions.
Our lives have often been painful, yes? So, we think life is full of scarcity and not abundance. But then there are those times when, out of nowhere, somehow the world expresses its longing to be whole. And suddenly, God steps in. And we are pulled out of our blindness and we’re invited into redemption.[to Matthew]
Only in suffering will we find grace.
Nothing shines up a halo faster than a death, Matthew.