God's reckless grace is our greatest hope.

Doing justice includes not only the righting of wrongs but generosity and social concern, especially toward the poor and vulnerable.

It seems almost oxymoronic to believe that this new idealism has led to a new pessimism about marriage, but that is exactly what has happened. In generations past there was far less talk about "compatibility" and finding the ideal soul mate. Today we are looking for someone who accepts us as we are and fulfills our desires, and this creates an unrealistic set of expectations that frustrates both the searchers and the searched for.

It takes more than a great church to reach a city, it takes a great movement of churches.

Paul sees all kinds of sins in himself and all kinds of accomplishments too, but he refuses to connect them with his identity.

God's reckless grace is our greatest hope.

Happiness is a by-product of wanting something more than happiness-to be rightly related to God and our neighbor.