Freedom in the Gospel does not mean license. It means opportunity.

The needed change within us is God's work, not ours. The demand is for an inside job, and only God can work from the inside. We cannot attain or earn this righteousness of the kingdom of God: it is a grace that is given.

In the same way that a small child cannot draw a bad picture so a child of God cannot offer a bad prayer.

And so I urge you: carry on an ongoing conversation with God about the daily stuff of life, a little like Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. For now, do not worry about "proper" praying, just talk to God.

Real prayer comes not from gritting our teeth but from falling in love.

Worship is our response to the overtures of love from the heart of the Father.

Humility, as we all know, is one of those virtues that is never gained by seeking it. The more we pursue it the more distant it becomes. To think we have it is sure evidence that we don't.