What makes the Kingdom come is heartfelt compassion: a way of tenderness that knows no frontiers, no labels, no compartmentalizing, and no sectarian ….

All I have learned through trial and error is to stay alert and aware, especially God smiling @ our silliness..

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

Accepting the reality of our sinfulness means accepting our authentic self. Judas could not face his shadow; Peter could. The latter befriended the i….

God is loving us - you and me - this moment, just as we are and not as we should be..

Only reckless confidence in a Source greater than ourselves can empower us to forgive the woulds inflicted by others..

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….

My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or fair, whether I'm sick or in good heal….

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

we unwittingly project onto God our own attitudes and feelings toward ourselves... But we cannot assume that He feels about us the way we feel about ….

The deeper we grow in the Spirit of Jesus Christ, the poorer we become - the more we realize that everything in life is a gift. The tenor of our live….

The Ragamuffin rabble are the unsung assembly of saved sinners who are little in their own sight, conscious of their brokenness and powerlessness bef….

We even refuse to be our true self with God- and then wonder why we lack intimacy with him..

How glorious the splendor of a human heart that trusts that it is loved!.

A trusting heart is forgiven and, in turn, forgives..

The Christ within who is our hope of glory is not a matter of theological debate or philosophical speculation. He is not a hobby, a part-time project….

Though it is true that the church must always dissociate itself from sin, it can never have any excuse for keeping any sinner at a distance..

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..

For those who feel their lives are a grave disappointment to God, it requires enormous trust and reckless, raging confidence to accept that the love ….

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….

The ragamuffin gospel says we can't lose, because we have nothing to lose..