Religion is intended to facilitate hope and faith. Much like a path is intended to facilitate a journey.

I think the hardest questions had to do with suffering. It had to do with all of our church members and friends passing through difficult times. Sometimes it's the global climate: tsunamis, earthquakes, radiation. I think these kinds of questions are absolutely the most difficult, yet we need to be ready to respond to them because we have to be able as pastors to walk people through these valleys, these tough times in their lives.

The path marked Humility will take you to the manger of the Messiah.

Fear may fill our world, but it doesn’t have to fill our hearts.

What you do for a tree, God does for you.

It's important to preach like there's a broken heart on every pew. That's always been a phrase that stuck with me. Not everybody is having a tough time, but you can bet your buck that there's a good tenth of your church that's going through a hard season. There really is a broken heart on every pew.

Does God understand you? Find the answer in Bethlehem.