Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become...appropri ately small.

You have a "turn" every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.

Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.

If ever there were a true "just as I am" church, if ever there were a community where everybody could bring all their baggage and brokenness with them without neat and tidy happy endings quite yet, if ever there was a group where everyone was loved and no one pretended - we could not make enough room inside the building.

God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure - people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.

"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."

Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.