All preaching should be as creative as we can make it. We've been entrusted with such a treasure. To have anywhere from 50 to 5000 people who give us 30 minutes of their time to hear whatever we want to say - I think they deserve all the creativity that we can give.

When God gives an assignment, he also gives the skill. Study your skills, then, to reveal your assignment.

If today were your last, would you do what you're doing? Or would you love more, give more, forgive more?

Mark it down. You will never go where God is not.

The next time you are called to suffer, pay attention. It may be the closest you'll ever get to God.

Your serenity matters to heaven. God's presence encapsulates your life.

There was a time I wanted to go into politics. And so all of a sudden, here I am, I guess. I'm in the thick of it.