What is this love that endures decades, passes on sleep, and resists death to give one kiss? Call it agape love, a love that bears a semblance of God's.

I've found great virtue in two-thirds of the way into the message; right before I'm really want to nail home a point, pausing to tell a joke or to tell a light-hearted story, because I know my audience has been working with me now for 20 or 25 minutes. And if I can get them to laugh, get oxygen into their system, it wakes up those who might be sleeping, so there's something about using a story to draw people back in right before you drive home your final point. In that case I think it's real legitimate just to use a story for story's sake.

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

I didn't want to just write stories that were entertaining. Nor did I want to be so scholarly that people couldn't digest it.

If you're looking for a place with no change, try a soda machine.

Of all the things you must earn in life, God's unending affection is not one of them. You have it.

God sends his angels to protect us and his Word as a star to guide us. Then he surrounds us with his grace. We become his depot, the distribution point of God's gifts.