Love the calling you have, not the one you wish you had.

The story of Hosea and Gomer is the second most powerful picture of God's love in the Bible. Other than Christ's death, there is no greater picture of love.

Ministry is messy because sin is messy. Get over it, get a mop and start helping people clean up!

When God takes your straw, it isn’t because he wants you to remain a slave. It’s because he wants you to take another step toward freedom.

Torn' is hopeful. It's a book that meets you in your pain and shows you how to move forward with life and in your walk with God.

We have all sinned and fall short of the glory of God. So when we are in the mess, remember Jesus made it right. We got to hang on to that by faith.

I choose to suppress the initial categories I want to put people in - rich, poor, together, not together, druggie, yuppie, rocker, loser, winner, cool, uncool. I choose to remember that I don't know their struggle or their pain. I choose to err on the side of grace because someday I'll stand before God, and I pray He'll err on the side of grace with me.