I hope at some time you can read J. R. R. Tolkien's brilliant short story called "Leaf by Niggle," because I can think of no better description of the continuity of this life in the New Heavens and the New Earth.)

As Tom Wright describes it, Mary's Song is the "gospel before the gospel" and it "goes with a swing and a clap and a stamp." Mary's Song is an expression of gratitude for God morphing her bad reputation into a messianic vocation. But her past is even more than this unfortunate label.

as life is a story, so also is spiritual formation a story—a journey from earth to heaven.

We are saved by Christ, but Christ saves us into discipleship.

The church, if it is going to be the church God designed it to be, must become a space for the full story of God's artistic grace — the story about where we were, where we are now, and where we will be someday.

That which we are, we are, and if we are ever to be any better, now is the time to begin.

The American people are both anxious for change. We're in a time of flux.

To move with the times is, of course, to go where all times go.

Breaking old habits and forming new ones always takes time, but it is worth it in the end.

It takes time to become myself every morning.

The time has come for a new kind of conversation, a new kind of Christianity, a new kind of revolution.

Brands need to reinvent themselves from time to time to stay relevant.