God will use whatever he wants to display his glory. Heavens and stars. History and nations. People and problems.

God wants no one to leave our presence empty handed.

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day.

To call yourself a child of God is one thing. To be called a child of God by those who watch your life is another thing altogether.

If you get a lot of good feedback from people, thats a sign that you have a strength or gift in writing, if not ... try singing.

As we meditate on Christ's life, we find strength for our own.

I think the hardest questions had to do with suffering. It had to do with all of our church members and friends passing through difficult times. Sometimes it's the global climate: tsunamis, earthquakes, radiation. I think these kinds of questions are absolutely the most difficult, yet we need to be ready to respond to them because we have to be able as pastors to walk people through these valleys, these tough times in their lives.