A Bad Sermon Is Like

If Ever There Were A True "just As I Am" Church, If Ever There Were A Community Where Everybody Could Bring All Their Baggage And Brokenness With Them Without Neat And Tidy Happy Endings Quite Yet, If Ever There Was A Group Where Everyone Was Loved And No One Pretended - We Could Not Make Enough Room Inside The Building.

What Matters Is Not The Accomplishments You Achieve; What Matters Is The Person You Become.

I'm More Concerned About Who You're Becoming Than What You're Doing.

Never Worry Alone. When Anxiety Grabs My Mind, It Is Self-perpetuating. Worrisome Thoughts Reproduce Faster Than Rabbits, So One Of The Most Powerful Ways To Stop The Spiral Of Worry Is Simply To Disclose My Worry To A Friend... The Simple Act Of Reassurance From Another Human Being [becomes] A Tool Of The Spirit To Cast Out Fear -- Because Peace And Fear Are Both Contagious.

The Goal Is Not For Us To Get Through The Scriptures. The Goal Is To Get The Scriptures Through Us.