Everybody, Always

could find just one guy who was hungry and thirsty and sick and strange and naked and in jail. This way I could get it all done ...

CHAPTER 16 What Grace Costs Grace doesn’t cost as much as I thought. These days I get lots of telephone calls because I left my ...

phone. I was disappointed to hear a recording on the other end. “Hello, you have a call from.. .” I hung up. I didn’t need any c ...

“Hi, this is Bob.” “Will you call Shanice for me?” said the inmate. I started laughing. “Buddy, I’d love to help you, but I’m no ...

girlfriend or mom because he was going to ask them for help, so I offered, “Hey, what is it that you need, anyway?” There was an ...

I didn’t get it. (Actually, I can fly, but don’t tell anyone.) I did get a part, though. My official title was Tree # 4. I had n ...

“If you want applause, join the circus.” If you want to talk about it with Jesus forever, keep it quiet. When I told Sweet Maria ...

about than I ever have. Jesus’ invitation to us wasn’t complicated. He said to go find people who are hurting and lonely and iso ...

CHAPTER 17 My Bucket How is your life working for the people around you? I’ve been asked quite a few times how my life is workin ...

tennis shoes while I run to save a couple of minutes. I order sushi at restaurants so I don’t have to wait for them to cook the ...

I have a friend named Randy Phillips. He is an amazing guy who pastors an even more amazing church called LifeAustin. He also ha ...

kids; I’m trying to be present. There’s a big difference between the two. One thing I’ve learned from Jesus is extravagant love ...

twenty-five minutes, I had done my best to fill my bucket with patience. This time, instead of making the snarky remark that eas ...

Paul in the Bible, I talk a good game, but I find myself doing exactly what I said I wouldn’t do and not doing what I said I wou ...

didn’t give As and Bs and Cs like I was used to in school. She gave the students different letters. For example, an “M” means th ...

courage to change. Jesus never had a problem with people who knew their shortcomings; He didn’t tolerate people who faked it. On ...

CHAPTER 18 Croc Drop We all go to “our” church. I received a call from a small church in Alabama, and they asked if I’d speak at ...

anyway? I wondered. Camouflage? Body armor? Nothing at all? I wasn’t sure. I arrived for the event and made my way to a huge war ...

shirts, and no discussions about theology or who was right and who was wrong. It was just a bunch of people bagging passed-over ...

been His plan from the beginning. Should we meet together as a community around Jesus? Yes, constantly. Where? Everywhere. You p ...