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.

It is better to be fully present and rested and engaged for one thing than rushed, distracted, and scattered for ten.

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.

Love demands freedom. It always has, and it always will. We are free to resist, reject, and rebel against God's ways for us. We can have all the hell we want.

I'm very comfortable in a room with thousands of people.

For a lot of people in our world today, God has become about believing the right stuff so you don't get in trouble.

The resurrection confronts our world with wonder, mystery, and miracles.