If you feel compelled to respond every time you're criticized it reveals just how much you've built your identity on being right.

The Christian life has been nothing more and nothing less than a daily dependence on and a rediscovery of God's grace.

Don't get me wrong - what we do is important. But it is infinitely less important than what Jesus has done for us.

Information is seldom enough to heal a wounded heart.

Grace is upside-down, to-do-list wrecking, scandalous and way-too free. It's one-way love.

In the Old Testament, we are continually told that our good works are not enough, that God has made a provision. This provision is pointed to at every place in the Old Testament.

God is not interested in what you think you should be or feel. He is not interested in the narrative you have construct for yourself, or that others have construct for you. He may even use suffering to deconstruct that narrative.