The Lord's Prayer is an excellent model, but it was never intended to be a magical incantation to get God's attention. Jesus gave this prayer as a pattern to suggest the variety of elements that should be included when we pray.

Ten years ago, 15 years ago, I think the church would have been asleep at the switch. This level of activism and engagement with the needs of society by local churches I never thought I'd see it in my lifetime.

Playing around is one thing; following an established regimen is quite another. It's true with exercise equipment and it is true with prayer.

God wants to father all of us until we're dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heaven.

The local church is the hope of the world, and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.

Visionary people face the same problems everyone else faces; but rather than get paralyzed by their problems, visionaries immediately commit themselves to finding a solution.

If leaders don't have an antidote for fear they will be crushed by it. What is your antidote?