Don't be afraid to be exactly as awesome as you were created to be.

Faith is about the connection of people as much as it is about God. We are called to be in community and treat others with divine love.

If, in your attempt to follow Jesus, you exclude, condemn or discriminate against someone, you are doing it wrong.

Part of leadership is preparing those who follow to someday go on ahead without you.

We need to be the church that serves and loves people now, today, exactly where they are. Until then, we are simply managing decline.

Your message is only as loud as the actions that accompany it. Live your message and it will be heard loud and clear.

It's helpful to remember that God doesn't belong to Christians, Jews, Muslims or anyone. We belong to God, not the other way around.

When listeners become leaders, the world changes.

Evangelism is more about being than being perfect.

If your ministry can't work without you, then it is no longer Christ-centered. Minister toward Jesus, not yourself.

Remember that churches would be empty ruins without the sinners who transform them into places of life, love and worship.

From compromise to deceit is a small step.

The failure of Lehman may have allowed the government to do more to prop up the economy than it otherwise could.

Just because I'm talking about something that might have been a sad or painful situation doesn't mean that I'm sad or tortured 24 hours a day any more than anybody else is.

The best way to learn to cook is to do some serious eating.

Our lives are full of stress. Some meditate, some walk, some sing and dance. Nature offers us garlic, maitake and hibiscus to relieve stress

Occasionally I'll come across something that's just annoying, but for the most part it's irrelevant to me.

Human life is difficult. But as this life is coming to an end, I consider myself lucky to have lived it.

It's possible to go faster than folk are ready for; that's the key to democracy.

I wanted more in depth ideas about the character and it never came.

The old dog barks backward without getting up I can remember when he was a pup.