The gospel alone liberates you to live a life of scandalous generosity, unrestrained sacrifice, uncommon valor, and unbounded courage.

Christianity is in no way a stoic faith. It fundamentally rejects the "stiff upper lip" school of thought.

An identity based in the one-way love of God does not take into account public opinion or, thankfully, even personal opinion.

I grew up in a remarkable home, the middle of seven children. My parents raised us well. They loved us well. We laughed hard growing up. But being the middle child, I couldn't figure out where I fit in the home, whether I was the youngest of the older three or the oldest of the younger three. When you don't know where you fit inside the home and you're young and you're desperate to fit in somewhere, I'd figured where I would fit outside the home. So I made some bad decisions about who I hung out with, I dropped out of high school, got kicked out of the house.

The grace of God sets us free from a life of perfection, performing, and pretending.

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

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