The best way to improve our marriages, make a difference in our workplaces and discover our spiritual gifts is to serve those around us. Serving is the quickest way to see change in our own lives.

We evaluate our resources and hesitate to give more because we think we will have less.  But when we trust Jesus and give what we have into his hands, he gives us more not less.  We learn by the experience.   Serve and you will be more satisfied, not less.

Gossip is a lot easier to spot when other people do it than when we are involved in it. Sometimes it is hard to see gossip in ourselves, but gossiping hurts far more than we realize.

Science and the Bible agree: Happy people cultivate gratitude, and unhappy people cultivate negativity.

What we want is to do whatever we want whenever we want to, but what we need is people who know us well and help us want more than that.

Following Jesus was never meant to be an individual endeavor.

If I am always managing my image, people only know the imaginary me, and then God’s prescription for a thriving life is ruined.

Drifting is subtle. It does not feel like you are moving while it is happening, unless we have our bearings on a fixed point. Small groups help us gain our bearings on a fixed point, and it is much easier to go against the current, when you are doing that together.