When we get ashes we are not publicly proclaiming our greatness, but God’s. We are not saying, 'look at how great I am,' but 'ask me about how great my God is!'

Speaking truth will rarely earn you friends, but it will reveal who your true friends are and who are true friends of Christ.

If I were as good at praying as I am at not praying I'd be really holy.

Our Sabbath practices reveal which Trinity we truly worship: Father, Son, and Spirit... or me, myself, and I.

Sometimes we forget that sin really is optional.

How beautiful that after 2,000 years, no one can outdo "God is love." It's the most perfectly concise, hopeful phrase in history.

A rib... loaves and fish... some spit... God can do a lot with a little.