Honesty and vulnerability endear us to people; they don't endanger us in our relationship.

You may go days without thinking of God, but there's never a moment when He's not thinking of you.

God wants to help you find your way home.

Grace is the voice that calls us to change and then gives us the power to pull it off.

From my perspective, most of my life has been dealing with the day-to-day, kitchen-to-bedroom-to-living-room-to-garage life with people. Most people are just trying to figure out how to love the people in their world, to love their God and to deal with some of these questions about God.

I accepted the forgiveness of God. I got off track as an adult and because I believe in God's grace, I believe that gave me strength then to get that little part of my life realigned, to not play games about it, to confess it, to ask for forgiveness from God and ask others to forgive me as well and then move on.

The pulpit is no place for self-promotion. It is a great place for self-deprecation.