Worship does not satisfy our hunger for God; it whets our appetite.

Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship.

There is something about Christmas that requires a rug rat. Little kids make Christmas fun. I wonder if could rent one for the holidays. When I was tiny we would by a real tree and stay up late drinking hot chocolate and finding just the right place for the special decorations.

That's why I tell stories: to create readiness, to nudge the people toward receptive insight. In their present state they can stare till doomsday and not see it, listen till they're blue in the face and not get it.

The Bible is not a script for a funeral service, but it is the record of God always bringing life where we expected to find death. Everywhere it is the story of resurrection.

My job is not to solve people's problems or make them happy, but to help them see the grace operating in their lives.

Real faith is refined in the fires and storms of pain.