Fredrick Buechner kind of loosened up my clerical collar, you might say.

What the new mate, sports car, or unexpected check could never do, Christ says, "I Can." You'll love how he achieves it. He reconnects your soul with God.

That's what I'm hoping we can all do, is come together in a spirit of prayer.

Filter your pain through the brevity of this life and the unending beauty of the next.

Most people have settled for a wimpy grace. It's something that doesn't change their lives. There is a difference between grace and mercy. Mercy is the decision of God not to punish us. But grace is the decision of God to save and bless us.

The state of your heart dictates whether you harbor a grudge or give grace, seek self-pity or seek Christ, drink human misery or taste God's mercy.

I never told anybody I wanted to write, I kind of fell into it backwards.