Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.

Truth can arrive within the story and ride latent - a bit incognito - within a story, and people are more prone to receive it.

What to change your life? Begin by saying, "The Lord is my shepherd."

Worry divides the mind.

I choose kindness... I will be kind to the poor, for they are alone. Kind to the rich, for they are afraid. And kind to the unkind, for such is how God has treated me

I want a real take-home quality to the sermon, so I built the whole sermon series around the word grace, those five letters.

The worst part of all is that, without forgiveness, bitterness is all that is left