When "everything is awesome" we may miss what (and Who) is truly deserving of awe.

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors as ourselves. Surely part of loving in this way is trying to understand what another person wants us to understand. I may not understand perfectly and I may not agree, but if I love you I should try to know what it is you wish I could know.

The man who attempts Christianity without the church shoots himself in the foot, shoots his children in the leg, and shoots his grandchildren in the heart.

Expecting perfection from ourselves or others is not what holiness is about.

God gets glory when his strength shines in our weakness.

The Christian's comfort: I am not my own. I do not make my own rules or create my own identity. There is one who made me and can save me.

We may have the best of intentions in trying to discern God's will, but we should really stop putting ourselves through the misery of overspiritualizing every decision. Our misdirected piety makes following God more mysterious than it was meant to be