“The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians, who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.”

Jesus reveals a God who does not demand but who gives; who does not oppress but who raises up; who does not wound but who heals; who does not condemn but forgives.

The Christian with depth is the person who has failed and who has learned to live with it.

The men and women who are truly filled with light are those who have gazed deeply into the darkness of their own imperfect existence.

Today on planet Earth, may you experience the wonder and beauty of yourself as Abba’s Child and temple of the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ

There is a beautiful transparency to honest disciples who never wear a false face and do not pretend to be anything but who they are.

When we wallow in guilt, remorse, and shame over real or imagined sins of the past, we are disdaining God’s gift of grace.

Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.

The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.

The only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.

I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me.

We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.

Jesus comes for sinners, for those outcast and those caught up in squalid choices and failed dreams.

I am wonderfully content with a God who does not deal with me as my sins deserve.

The way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.

Our hearts of stone become hearts of flesh when we learn where the outcast weeps.

We must go out into a desert of some kind (your backyard will do) and come into a personal experience of the awesome love of God.

Acknowledgement is the only way to keep love alive.

I gave my sadness a full name so that I stop thinking of her as an intruder and start acknowledging that I do have to learn how to live with her.