Unmet expectations are tough when it's your wife or your husband, but it's really tough when it's God. And yet, it can be a time of growth and a time of faith, a time of understanding who God is.

A little rain can straighten a flower stem. A little love can change a life.

He promises a lamp unto our feet, not a crystal ball into the future.

We’re grateful when all is well, but can we say the same on disastrous days?

Pastoring the flock with words. I love that. We always have a prayer time in the middle of our service. We take about eight or ten minutes before I preach, after we've sung, and invite people to come forward for prayer. That's a tender moment to me. I don't preach much in that, but I like to speak to the people.

Nothing fosters courage like a clear grasp of grace... & nothing fosters fear like an ignorance of mercy

The meaning of life. The wasted years of life. The poor choices of life. God answers the mess of life with one word: 'grace.'