“Only by fixing our eyes on Jesus and the life He lived we can begin to grasp those very words “losing our lives in order to gain it” 

Mark 4:1-8

‘Often our own faith journey is not very different from the older brother’s story”

“Too often we live our Christian lives as hired hands who are simply happy to be living in the house but God says “you are invited to the table”

“The scandalous claim of Christianity is that God became one of us to give us life” 

“We are all hardwired for hope...”

“this baby in a manger is rooted in God’s pain for humanity”

“We come to treat prayer like a raincoat, hanging in the closet ready for use if the weather demands, but hardly something to wear every day. Like the raincoat, prayer seems unnecessary as long as the sun is shining.”

“We often want a god who’s going to do whatever it takes to better our lives, to make us healthier, wealthier and happier. You have every right to desire and believe that but I must tell you “you are in the wrong place because God of the Bible will not do that for you””