The nature of human beings is such that we tend not to drift into better behaviors. We usually have to be asked by someone to consider taking it up a level.

Authentic Christians are persons who stand apart from others. Their character seems deeper, their ideas fresher, their spirit softer, their courage greater, their leadership stronger, their concerns wider, their compassion more genuine and their convictions more concrete.

We made a mistake. What we should have done when people crossed the line of faith and become Christians, we should have started telling people and teaching people that they have to take responsibility to become 'self feeders.' We should have gotten people, taught people, how to read their bible between service, how to do the spiritual practices much more aggressively on their own.

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.

The Church will never reach her full redemptive potential until men and women with the leadership gift step up and lead.

If you're a serious minded leader, you will read. You will read all you can.