Relationships don't thrive because the guilty are punished but because the innocent are merciful.
I try to be honest; I really do try not to exaggerate the story. I try to be accurate.
I don't know if I'll always be a pastor.
My first encounters with faith came about the time I was a Boy Scout, at about 14 or 15. I made the logical deduction that they operate the same way; I treated my faith like earning a merit badge, and everything about Christianity was about earning merit badges.
As long as you are stationary, no one will complain. Dogs don't bark at parked cars.
No one can pray and worry at the same time.