The Good News means we can stop lying to ourselves. The sweet sound of amazing grace saves us from the necessity of self-deception. It keeps us from ….

Ragamuffins are simple, direct and honest. Their speech is unaffected. They are slow to claim, "God told me..." As they make their way through the wo….

Childlike in faith means the daily acknowledgment of utter dependence and that I owe my life and being to another..

In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange..

The sinners to whom Jesus directed His messianic ministry were not those who skipped morning devotions or Sunday church. His ministry was to those wh….

As we come to grips with our own selfishness and stupidity, we make friends with the impostor and accept that we are impoverished and broken and real….

The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust.

Jesus hung out with ragamuffins..

Grace is sufficient even though we huff and puff with all our might to try and find something or someone that it cannot cover. Grace is enough....

Too many Christians are living in a house of fear and not in the house of love..

The splendor of a human heart that trusts it is loved unconditionally gives God more pleasure than Westminster Cathedral, the Sistine Chapel, Beethov….

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….

Tragedy is that our attention centers on what people are not, rather than on what they are and who they might become..

Being the beloved is our identity, the core of our existence. It is not merely a lofty thought, an inspiring idea, or one name among many. It is th….

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.

[Jesus] matters because of what he brought and what he still brings to ordinary human beings, living their ordinary lives and coping daily with their….

When absolute control and rigid obedience pose as love within the family and the local faith-community , we produce trained cowards rather than Chris….

The noonday devil of the Christian life is the temptation to lose the inner self while preserving the shell of edifying behavior. Suddenly I discover….

Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself..

Our identity rests in God's relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ..

In essence, there is only one thing God asks of us - that we be men and women of prayer, people for whom God is everything and for whom God is enough….