You're gonna have to serve somebody Well, it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody. ~ Bob Dylan

Becoming disciples of Jesus will include reevaluating our relationship with money and materialism. In our capitalist society, where greed fuels growth, few topics will demand more commitment to live counter-culturally.

The Lord's Prayer ends with a cry for help, reminding us that we are weaker than we realize. When we fail to forgive others or ourselves, we are partnering with the Devil to attack the Church of Christ. Jesus calls us to form and contribute to the community of the broken.

Forgiveness is the language of resurrection. Forgiveness breathes new life into failed lives, dead relationships, and sin sick souls.

Asking for our daily bread is asking for more of Jesus, the Bread of Life. Like Manna, Jesus is our daily Bread from Heaven.

Prayer is more of a wartime walkie-talkie to call in fire support than a domestic intercom to ring the butler.

The Lord's Prayer is our daily opportunity to run into the arms of our loving Father and find freedom, rest, and peace.

Prayer is a response to the God who has spoken first.

God wants to free us from our addiction to human approval and praise through his own unconditional acceptance.

"It's not about religion, it's about relationship." Really? But how do we have a relationship with an invisible silent friend?

At the heart of Christian spirituality is a secret life of communion with God. This is the way to rich "reward."

Jesus leads us from mere religious holiness to relational wholeness. He is teaching us how to be "perfect" in mercy, not just morality.

God-like love will change our hearts, and God-like love will save the world. Freely we have received, and freely we give.

God has surprised us with undeserved, unexpected, unconditional love, and we ought to pay it forward.

Truth spoken in love should be the national language of the Kingdom of Christ.

Love, not law, is the way to maximum human flourishing.

Using others as kindling to stoke our inner fires of desire is one of the ways we devalue and dehumanize God's image on earth.

According to Jesus, whatever it is we think anger and outrage are helping us accomplish, love will do a better job.

Jesus teaches his disciples how to internalize and metabolize the teaching of the Bible to energize our spiritual lives.

Jesus leads us into a righteousness that goes above the law to find the love, and goes beyond justice to mercy.