People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it's not easily controlled.

Don't let not knowing how it'll end keep you from beginning. Uncertainty chases us out into the open where God is waiting.

Failure is just part of the process, and it's not just okay; it's better than okay. God doesn't want failure to shut us down. God didn't make it a three-strikes-and-you're-out sort of thing. It's more about how God helps us dust ourselves off so we can swing for the fences again. And all of this without keeping a meticulous record of our screw-ups.

Small streams don't plan to be mighty rivers. We just move in a direction; God decides what He'll have us become.

We plant sod where God wants 2 plant seed. He's more interested in growing our character than having us look finished.

Does the church have all kinds of problems? You bet, because it's made up of people like me, so I get that part too. But all I need to know about the church is that Jesus picked her.

...we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the "do" part of faith.