Most churches make the mistake of selecting as leaders the confident, the competent, and the successful. But what you most need in a leader is someone who has been broken by the knowledge of his or her sin, and even greater knowledge of Jesus' costly grace

We've got at least two other streams of that are filled with good, helpful material on meditation - the Catholic stream and the Quaker stream that are not primarily based on meditating on the Scripture.

After creation God said, 'It is finished'-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, 'It is finished'-and we can rest.

We get angry when we feel like God owes us a better life than we have.

The gospel is not about choosing to follow advice; it's about being called to follow a King.

Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.

The church is not a museum for pristine saints, but a hospital ward for broken sinners.