It's all that pretending to be perfect that breeds inauthenticity in the church.

I did not read the Bible today. I am not very good at being religious and don't really feel too bad about not being too good. I do wish that I loved God and His creatures more.

I think I would envy me too, if I didn't know me better.

God did not give Joseph any special information about how to get from being the son of a nomad in Palestine to being Pharaoh's right hand man in Egypt. What He did give Joseph were eleven jealous brothers, the attention of a very loose and vengeful woman, the ability to do the service of interpreting dreams and managing other people's affairs and the grace to do that faithfully wherever he was.

God loves us completely. And He knew us at our worst before He ever began to love us at all.

The biggest problem with life is that it's just daily.

I can't see how You're leading me unless you've led me here, where I'm lost enough to let myself be led.