Jesus tends to his people individually. He personally sees to our needs. We all receive Jesus' touch. We experience his care.

I just love preaching.

Kind of the bottom line for me, I don't think people come to the church where I preach to hear my view on politics.

So immediately I'm trying to think: What are some of these times when we feel we're losing our hold on Christ, and what's the fear we're trying to address? I try to get into that quickly.

People of each generation in the twentieth century "were three times more likely to experience depression" than people of the preceding generation.

Well, I think the main message is there is more to your story. There is more than what happens between the crib and the grave, and that is what I am really trying to speak to, this idea that all of life is this life and that there is nothing more than what we see and experience right here on this earth.

God knows what it's like to be a human. When I talk to him about deadlines or long lines or tough times, he understands. He's been there. He's been here.