Uncertainty is not an indication of poor leadership; it underscores the need for leadership.

Uncertainty is a permanent part of the leadership landscape. It never goes away.

The church wasn't an organization in the first century. They weren't writing checks or buying property. The church has matured and developed over the years. But for some reason, the last thing to change is the structure of leadership.

If you're a preacher's kid, you see the church differently.

Obviously God knew I wasn't going to make it to the NBA as much as I probably believed. This was divine order.

God does not become more divine when we push him away from us in a sheer, impenetrable voluntarism; rather, the truly divine God is the God who has revealed himself as logos and, as logos, has acted and continues to act lovingly on our behalf.

I've always thought, and it gets tested at times, that I have a great faith in the fundamental goodness of human beings.

The word of God is that unto our souls, which our soul is unto our body.