If Jesus heals instantly, praise Him. If Jesus heals gradually, trust Him. When Jesus heals ultimately, you will understand.

I do believe that leaders have to be held to a higher standard, especially Christian leaders. I put myself in that camp.

Christmas is best pondered, not with logic, but with imagination.

In the great orchestra we call life, you have an instrument and a song, and you owe it to God to play them both sublimely.

Jesus said, "My Father is the gardener...He trims and cleans every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce even more fruit".

When it comes to Christ, you've got to do the same. Call him crazy, or crown him as king. Dismiss him as a fraud, or declare him to be God. Walk away from him, or bow before him, but don't play games with him.

The strength of a story is that it stays with people and it gives an opportunity for that story to connect with people where the Holy Spirit intends for it to do so.