The real deal is always going to win in the end.

The mark of community is not the absence of conflict. It's the presence of a reconciling spirit.

If the request is wrong, God says, No. If the timing is wrong, God says, Slow. If you are wrong, God says, Grow. But if the request is right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, Go!

Church is what you do. Church is who you are. Church is the human outworking of the person of Jesus Christ. Let's not go to Church, let's be the Church.

He [God] wants us to talk to him as to a friend or father - authentically, reverently, personally, earnestly.

Leadership grit begets grit. Lead by example.

Jesus is not directing the angelic choir, taking long naps, or doing crossword puzzles. He is completely focused on building his church, the hope of the world.