THINGS JESUS NEVER SAID: "You should come with me to church.

True intimacy, the exchange of affection between two people who are not lying, is transforming.

Do I still think there will be a day when all the wrongs are made right, when our souls find the completion they are looking for? I do. But when all things are made right, it won’t be because of some preacher or snake-oil salesman or politician or writer making promises in his book. I think, instead, this will be done by Jesus. And it will be at a wedding. And there will be a feast.

One of the things I associate with God is a sunrise. How many sunrises have you missed over the years, and God created that?

Every day you live is a page. Every year, a chapter. Your life, a book. What is it about?

Our lives have a countdown clock that we can't see. Mine reminds me to only do work that matters.

Humans are designed to seek comfort and order, and so if they have comfort and order, they tend to plant themselves, even if their comfort isn't all that comfortable. And even if they secretly want for something better.