Lower your expectations of earth. This isn't heaven, so don't expect it to be.
God is always near us. Always for us. Always in us.
You can climb too high for your own good. Linger too long at high altitudes and your hearing dulls and your eyesight dims.
God's goal is not to get what you want; it is to get you what you need.
I'd like to think I'm going upriver in talking about world-view topics rather than particular political or controversial topics.
My co-pastor is Randy Frazee. Randy is the brightest bulb in this box. He really has a feeling for what a church needs in terms of maturity, so I listen to him.