We must learn to cast off our anxieties because we have so many of them. The world destroys spiritual life by generating constant anxiety. Jesus said that the life of the gospel is choked out by the cares of this world. We know this to be true yet we are more chained and tethered to the world than ever before in the human race.

The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.

The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.

The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.

"Sometimes in churches somebody will discover a particular vein of spirituality and seek to recruit others into it, or assume a superior position because they have found certain techniques - but no one actually wants to become like them."

One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.

Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.