Jesus does not divide the world into the moral "good guys" and the immoral "bad guys". He shows us that everyone is dedicated to a project of self-salvation, to using God and others in order to get power and control for themselves. We are just going about it in different ways. Even though both sons are wrong, however, the father cares for them and invites them both back into his love and feast.

There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.

Christmas means Jesus came down and got involved in suffering. He hears your cries.

Falling in love in a Christian way is to say,'I am excited about your future and I want to be part of getting you there. I'm signing up for the journey with you. Would you sign up for the journey to my true self with me? It's going to be hard but I want to get there.

Grace is the free, unmerited favor of God, working powerfully on the mind and heart to change lives.

If you add anything to Jesus as a requirement for being happy, that's your real king.

If God is treated as God during suffering, then suffering can reveal and present him in all his greatness.