God is inviting you today to appropriately grieve your pains and losses and to acknowledge the world is seriously broken.

I was a surfer so I hung out with people who were surfers and made fun of people who weren't surfers and I listened to surf music and made fun of people who didn't listen to surfer music.

I had turned personal validation into my primary source of meaning and value, so that without it I was miserable and depressed.

The heart of the Christian faith is Good News, not good advice, good technique, or good behavior.

When we imply that our works are for God and not our neighbor, we perpetuate the idea that God's love for us is dependent on what we do instead of on what Christ has done.

From the time God saved me at 21 years old, I've always been fascinated by the parables of Jesus.

The truth, whether we admit it or not, is that grace scares us to death. It scares us primarily because it wrestles control and manageability out of our hands - introducing chaos and freedom.