The idea of a spiritual heart transplant is a vivid image to me; once you have the heart of somebody else inside you, then that heart is there. Jesus' heart is inside me, and my heart is gone. So if God were to place a stethoscope against my chest, he would hear the heart of Jesus Christ beating.

In the manger God loves you; through the cross God saves you. But has he taken you to his home? Not yet.

The difference between mercy and grace? Mercy gave the prodigal son a second chance. Grace gave him a feast.

We’re grateful when all is well, but can we say the same on disastrous days?

When you keep the porch light on for the prodigal child, you do what God does every single moment.

Two types of voices command your attention today. Negative ones fill your mind with doubt, bitterness, and fear. Positive ones purvey hope and strength. Which one will you choose to heed?

In our grandparents' generation news of an earthquake in Nepal would reach around the world some days later. In our parents' day the nightly news communicated the catastrophe. Now it's a matter of minutes. We've barely processed one crisis, and then we hear of another.