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.

I think a lot of us are not on a path; we're in a rut. We have confused comfort with peace, belief with faith, safety with wisdom, wealth with blessing, and existence with life.

The church is not here to meet our needs. We are the church here to meet the needs of the world.

The journey to freedom is paved by the substance of our character.

Jesus is being lost in a religion bearing his name.

The church does not exist for us. We are the church, and we exist for the world.

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