And we need to share our story. Not with everyone but with someone. There is someone who is like you were. And he or she needs to know what God can do. Your honest portrayal of your past may be the courage for another's future.

I think "creative preaching" is redundant.

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

A story does that: it will reach out and hook somebody and hold them for just a few moments while you unpack this story in their presence.

God forgets the past... Imitate 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.

History is not an endless succession of meaningless circles but a directed movement toward a great event.