You can be living in a big house, driving a nice car, going on exotic vacations and still be empty inside, crippled with fear and dread.

You can set your intention to better understand your soul, your spirit, through daily practices like prayer, yoga and meditation, etc.

When someone wrongs us, we rarely (if ever) want to do the same thing back. Why? Because we want to do something more harmful. Likewise, when someone insults us, our instinct is to search for words that will be more insulting.Revenge always escalates.

I got into pastoring because of the art form. I started a church, but I felt the art form needed to be freed for all people. A particular religion over others was never interesting to me. I wanted to talk to people about what it means to be alive and what it means to be human.

When someone sets out to be controversial or provocative or shocking as an end in itself, I don't think that's a noble goal.

Your deepest, darkest sins and your shameful secrets are simply irrelevant when it comes to the counterintuitive, ecstatic announcement of the gospel. So are your goodness, your rightness, your church attendance, and all of the wise, moral, mature decisions you have made and actions you have taken.

The thought of the word church and the word marketing in the same sentence makes me sick.