No matter how rich or poor you might feel, right now is the time to be generous.

As a leader it is your job to protect the missional integrity of the Jesus gathering to which you have been called. It is your responsibility to see to it that the church under your care continues as a gathering of people in process; a place where the curious, the unconvinced, the skeptical, the used-to-believe and the broken, as well as the committed, informed and sold-out come together around Peter's declaration that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Jesus is the hope of the world and the local church is the vehicle of expressing that hope to the world.

Being a sinner does not disqualify you from following Jesus. It's a prerequisite.

People do not plan to mess up their lives. They just don't plan not to.

...often, stepping outside your comfort zone is not careless irresponsibility, but a necessary act of obedience.

As long as you are carrying a secret, as long as you are trying to ease your conscience by telling God how sorry you are, you are setting yourself up to repeat the past.