Whether or not storms come, we can not choose. But where we stare during a storm, that we can.

Just as your earthly house is a place of refuge, so God's house is a place of peace.

I don't have a lot of time in the sermon anyway. The sermon is only 25 minutes, which to me is frighteningly short. So I feel as if I need to get into that pretty quickly and make it as practical and accessible as possible.

What I may intend for a story to communicate and what a story ends up communicating could be two different things. And it could be an even more positive thing.

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

Some people find the gift of salvation. For others the gifts are smaller: a kind word, a good deed. But all the gifts are from God.

I believe for God not to allow pain to happen in the world is for Him to extract free will from the world.