Being religious without knowing the cross is like owning a Mercedes with no motor. Pretty package, but where is your power?

I believe a personal relationship with God is healthy, but organized religion has potential for danger, in whatever faith.

I believe the Bible tells a story we recognize as true. I don't just mean it tells an accurate story - though it's telling that the Bible stands tall even after more than 2,000 years of secular criticism.

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

There are many things in life over which you have no choice. But the greatest activity of life is well within your dominion. You can choose what you think about. You can be the air traffic controller of your mental airport. You occupy the control tower and can direct the mental traffic of your world. Thoughts circle above, coming and going. If one of them lands, it's because you gave it permission. If it leaves, it's because you directed it to do so. You can select your thought pattern.

I'd like to think I'm going upriver in talking about world-view topics rather than particular political or controversial topics.

You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done - but simply because you are.