The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you. Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid. I am with you. Nothing can ever separate us. It's for you I created the universe. I love you. There's only one catch. Like any other gift, the gift of grace can be yours only if you'll reach out and take it. Maybe being able to reach out and take it is a gift too.

You do not need to understand healing to be healed or know anything about blessing to be blessed.

If our pain doesn't destroy us, it just might transform us into truly human beings at last.

To be bored is to turn a cold shoulder to engage all that God is and has for you in the moment.

Coincidences are God's way of getting our attention.

The magic of words is that they have power to do more than convey meaning; not only do they have the power to make things clear, they make things happen.

Phrases like Worship Service or Service of Worship are tautologies. To worship God means to serve him. Basically there are two ways to do it. One way is to do things for Him that He needs to have done - run errands for Him, carry messages for Him, fight on His side, feed His lambs, and so on. The other way is to do things for Him that you need to do - sing songs for Him, tell Him what's on your mind and in your heart, in general rejoice in Him.