Gratitude changes your perspective about life. You see the future, experience the present, and remember the past in a dramatically different way.

The more isolated and disconnected we are, the more shattered and distorted our self-identity. We are not healthy when we are alone. We find ourselves when we connect to others. Without community we don't know who we are... When we live outside of healthy community, we not only lose others. We lose ourselves...Who we understand ourselves to be is dramatically affected for better or worse by those we hold closest to us.

When the church becomes an institution, people are nothing more than volunteers to be recruited. When the church is a movement, our stewardship becomes the unleashing of our God-given gifts, talents, and passions.

We have to ask ourselves, 'Am I really trying to discern God's will, or determine whether I want to do it?'

My goal is to destroy Christianity.

Humility is not about having a low self-image or poor self-esteem. Humility is about self-awareness.

Jesus beckons his followers to a path that's far from the easy road. It's a path filled with adventure, uncertainty, and unlimited possibilities - the only path that can fulfill the deepest longings and desires of your heart.