There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.
03415 – Irresistibly Contagious
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03390 – Why the Mission is Dangerous
The mission is dangerous because God's will for the world is in deep tension with the way the world is organized.
03366 – The World Needs You
Trust that Jesus knows what he is doing. And that you already are salt and light and love and grace. Don't try and be it. Know that you already are. And then, for the love of God, take that seriously. The world needs it.
03350 – Dangerous World
The world is always going to be dangerous, and people get badly banged up, but how can there be more meaning than helping one another stand up in a wind and stay warm?
03348 – Survivor. Not a Victim.
You're not a victim for sharing your story. You are a survivor setting the world on fire with your truth. And you never know who needs your light, your warmth, and raging courage.
03330 – Opinion + Confession
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
03293 – Saints in Our World
Saints do not live in some other world. . . . They live in the same world we do, and they show us that spirituality is intensely down-to-earth. We learn to love through frustration, disappointment, and failure. We learn through the seemingly trivial incidents of our...
03273 – More like Rogers; Less like Disney
Our churches need to be more like Mr. Rogers and less like Disney. Walt built a fantasy world, but Fred lived in a neighborhood.
03263 – Shifting Our Thinking
When we begin to shift our thinking away from only making our life better to making the world a better place for all God's children, we stop believing the lie that their gain is our loss.
03257 – Compound Interest
Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it...earns it. He who doesn't...pays it.------------------------------------------------Gender-neutral paraphrase: Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. Those who understand...