If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer. Most of my struggles in the Christian life circle around the same two themes: why God doesn't act the way we want God to, and why I don't act the way God wants me to. Prayer is the precise point where those themes converge.

I rejected the church for a time because I found so little grace there. I returned because I found grace nowhere else.

Misunderstanding must be nakedly exposed before true understanding can begin to flourish.

Jesus tended to honor the losers of this world, not the winners. Our modern culture extravagantly rewards beauty, athletic skill, wealth, and artistic achievement, qualities which seemed to impress Jesus not at all.

We should be asking: How do we respond to a post-Christian society?

I would far rather convey grace than explain it.

The Bible never belittles human disappointment ... but it does add one key word: temporary.