The happy ending of the Resurrection is so enormous that it swallows up even the sorrow of the Cross.

God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.

Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well.

You are a totally loved moral failure.

If you're avoiding sin and living morally so that God will have to bless you and save you, then you may be looking to Jesus as a teacher, model, and helper, but ironically you are avoiding him as Savior. You are trusting in your own goodness rather than in Jesus for your standing with God.

God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.

If God exists then every good endeavor, even the simplest ones, pursued in response to God's calling can matter forever.