Our churches should attract the people Jesus attracted and frustrate the people Jesus frustrated.

One by one, these disciples would infect the nations with grace. It wasn't a call to take the sword or the throne and force the world to bow. Rather, they were to live the contagious love of God, to woo the nations into a new future.

We can also cling to the treasures of our faith and get rid of the things that are cluttering that. It is a time we are seeing some trending away from the things that were cluttering our faith.

Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived.

Jesus did not send us into the world to make believers but to make disciples.

Every 70-year-old needs a young person in their lives to mentor, and every 20-year-old needs a senior.

We can ignore suffering no matter where we live. There are people who live a few miles from me who never see much poverty or the injustices that live on our doorstep.