Jesus did not predict a place. Jesus predicted a people.

When the house is on fire, don't tell me what your spiritual gift is. Just grab a hose and put out the fire.

Intervention giving is emotional and the results are measurable.

Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.

Leaders who carry unresolved guilt are forced to hide a part of themselves from those to whom they are closest. They have a secret. They are forced to expend time and energy to ensure that no one finds them out. They know they are not completely trustworthy. Often they assume no one else is either. Guilty leaders have a difficult time trusting. Consequently, guilty leaders have a difficult time building teams.

Most of us wake up every day and make decision that will make us happy, and generally decisions that will make us happy right then in the moment or that day. We are not really on a truth quest.

As a pastor I've spent 30 years talking to people and heard every kind of story imaginable.