Generosity won't happen unless you make it a priority. The best way to make giving a priority is to make it the very first check you write every month. Before the mortgage. Before groceries or clothing. Before saving. Whatever the amount, do it first.

If you are a local church or non-profit, you live and die with volunteers.

Every time I stand to communicate, I want to take one simple truth and lodge it in the heart of the listener. I want them to know that one thing and know what to do with it.

Who are you and what breaks your heart?

We begin selling ourselves on what we want to do rather than what we ought to do. We listen to ourselves until we believe our own lies, and the we opt for happiness.

Dreamers dream about things being different. Visionaries envision themselves making a difference.

It's OK to offend people with the Gospel, but, good grief- let's don't offend them with something else.