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Thinking about work as a day job has made a big difference in the way I approach what I do. It also helped me not to confuse who I am with what I do.

Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

Failure is just part of the process, and it's not just okay; it's better than okay. God doesn't want failure to shut us down. God didn't make it a three-strikes-and-you're-out sort of thing. It's more about how God helps us dust ourselves off so we c...

Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

Jesus lets us be real with our life and our faith.

Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

...we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the "do" part of faith.

Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

Grace works that way. It's a kind word from a gentle person with an impossible prayer. It's a force sometimes transmitted best hand to hand in a dark place.

Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

Pick something you aren't just able to do; instead, pick something you feel like you were made to do and then do lots of that. You weren't just an incredible idea that God never got around to making. The next step happened for the world when God drop...

Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

I learned that faith isn’t about knowing all of the right stuff or obeying a list of rules. It’s something more, something more costly because it being present and making a sacrifice. Perhaps that’s why Jesus is sometimes called Immanuel - “G...

Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

I don't think anyone aims to be typical, really. Most people even vow to themselves some time in high school or college not to be typical. But still, they just kind of loop back to it somehow. Like the circular rails of a train at an amusement park, ...

Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

That's one of those things about love. It always assumes it can find a way to express itself.

Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

When you trust someone, you don't need to know everything.

Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

But the kind of love that God created and demonstrated is a costly one because it involves sacrifice and presence. It's a love that operates more like a sign language than being spoken outright.

Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World