“Tough times don't define you, they refine you. ”

“Most people like it when the pastor says, "family is priority." What they don't like very much is when the pastor actually chooses his own family as the priority over them.”

“Going to church is a beautiful act of humility. You are saying to the world, "I need God and His family.”

“Our weakness is an invitation to discover God's strength.”

“Dear church, John the baptist died for exposing the sins of others. Jesus died to actually pay for the sins of others.John was great, but we should not follow his model. Our model is Christ. So let...”

“Even if you feel wronged, respond right.”

“Tough times don't define you, they refine you. ”

“Abba is not Hebrew, the language of liturgy, but Aramaic, the language of home and everyday life We need to be wary of the suggestion that the correct translation of Abba is Daddy. Abba is the in...”

“Intentionally or involuntarily, your earthly and spiritual fathers will lead you the perfect Father. You might not recognize it, but even when they fail, they create the perfect scenario for you to...”

“Our lack of community is intensely painful. A TV talk show is not community. A couple of hours in a church pew each Sabbath is not community. A multinational corporation is neither a human nor a co...”

“Holiness is as much about what you do on a Monday morning on the factory floor as it is about what you do on a Sunday morning in a church gathering. Holiness is as much about the kind of neighbour ...”

“Liturgy gathers the holy community as it reads the Holy Scriptures into the sweeping tidal rhythms of the church year in which the story of Jesus and the Christian makes its rounds century after ce...”