To be bored is to turn a cold shoulder to engage all that God is and has for you in the moment.
If the truth is worth telling, it is worth making a fool of yourself to tell it.
Justice is the grammar of things. Mercy is the poetry of things.
If you want to be holy, be kind.
The first ministers were the twelve disciples. There is no evidence that Jesus chose them because they are brighter or nicer than other people. Their sole qualification seems to have been their initial willingness to rise to their feet when Jesus said, "Follow me."
Faith is homesickness. Faith is a lump in the throat. Faith is less a position on than a movement toward, less a sure thing than a hunch. Faith is waiting.