“Self is the soul minus God."

The American self characteristically chooses advertisers instead of apostles as guides.

For pastors, being noticed easily develops into wanting to be noticed.

The pastoral itch to be where “the action is” should be resisted.

Every Christian I know believes their anger is righteous anger. We really need to explore how easy it is to be self-delusional about our anger.

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Sisters, beware of environments where men fear women more than they fear God.

Energy on Twitter right now is like when your class had a particularly unlikeable substitute teacher.

“Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That's how the light gets in…” -Leonard Cohen

I do not trust Blippi.

Not me trying not to calculate the net carbs in Jesus during communion. Will remembering his kenosis kick me out of ketosis?

I don’t know what’s happening in Asbury, but man do I long for awakening. Let it all be true and let it spread wide and let it last for years.

when you're watching the big game and don't care who wins:

I've been a pastor in a non-denominational mega church, an ancient-future liturgical church, and a post-christian missional church. We had the same brick wall we slammed into in every place. Consumerism.