You don't become a saint by comparing yourself to a sinner.

The holidays often bring challenging conversations and situations. Sometimes holiness demands that we speak, other times it invites us to be silent. In all circumstances, though, we are called to love.

Oh, how much holier the world would be if more people invoked their right to remain silent.

Teacher: "If your daughter knew her spelling words as well as her Bible stories she'd get into Harvard." Me: "I'll settle for Heaven."

"Love one another": No command is simpler; no command more difficult.

I'm at my 3 year-olds year-end concert. It's full of very off-key, mostly unfocused children, but this father is still beaming. Must be how God feels on Sunday.

What did all the saints have in common? They feared sin more than even physical death.