sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.

Peace doesn't come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.

The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.

When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.

One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.

True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.

Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.