Spirituality is no different from what weve been doing for two thousand years just by going to church and receiving the sacraments, being baptized, learning to pray, and reading Scriptures rightly. Its just ordinary stuff.

The life of faith is a daily exploration of the constant and countless ways in which Gods grace and love are expereinced

God is the larger context and plot in which our stories find themselves.

Isn't it interesting that all of the biblical prophets and psalmists were poets?

The Spirit works through community. Somebody will have a stupid, screwy idea. That's okay. The point of having creeds and confessions and traditions is to keep us in touch with the obvious errors.

The most important thing a pastor does is stand in a pulpit every Sunday and say, 'Let us worship God.' If that ceases to be the primary thing I do in terms of my energy, my imagination, and the way I structure my life, then I no longer function as a pastor.

No life of faith can be lived privately. There must be overflow into the lives of others.