Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.

Every day you and I walk through God's shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.

As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.

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

We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.

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

There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they're useful to you and being someone's friend.