Blessed are those who know what on earth they are here on earth to do and set themselves about the business of doing it.

Fear corrodes our confidence in God's goodness.

Truth can arrive within the story and ride latent - a bit incognito - within a story, and people are more prone to receive it.

I co-pastor now, so I preach six months, then another guy preaches six months. So that's really why I'm preparing for January, because I'll finish in June; then I'll be writing and doing other projects for the rest of the year.

Jesus isn't a God who stayed on the mountaintop - he's a Savior who came down and lived and worked with the people.

You are never more like Jesus than when you pray for others. Pray for this hurting world.

We may not see the connection between the name Jesus and the phrase "save his people from their sins," but Joseph would have. He was familiar with the Hebrew language.