I think it's important that when you're bringing something to the table that you're sure has value, that you don't diminish yourself just so that you can have an opportunity.

If only we could realize that our purpose is to be caretakers. We are responsible for leading our flock to the place where the grass is green, but it is up to them to eat! We cannot be responsible for how much they digest. We cannot make people mature.

There is no room for God in a mind that's full of self.

My mother would take the Band-Aid off, clean the wound, and say, "Things that are covered don't heal well." Mother was right. Things that are covered do not heal well.

There's a connectivity between your generation, my ministry and who I am as a person.

I actually grew up playing the piano in the church and was deeply involved in music ministry.

I think that my preaching style and many of my ideas and ideals about faith are based in both Pentecostal and Baptist background.