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

Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.

Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.

The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he's coming down.

In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.

God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.

The human longings that are deep inside of us never go away. They exist across cultures; they exist throughout life. When people were first made, our deepest longing was to know and be known. And after the Fall, when we all got weird, it's still our deepest longing - but it's now also our deepest fear.