I don't mean any disrespect. I truly don't. But Texas isn't nature. Texas is city and smog and humidity and heat. - Donald Miller

This is a James Taylor moment and we are stuck with a piano player who wants to sound like Enya and a southern funk band that, somewhere along the line, fell into thinking Alabama is a sweet place to call home.

Well, a lot of times we are looking for a sign that tells us we're godly. We want to preach, or be a missionary or whatever, all to help ourselves believe that God is using us. We look everywhere but to God to make us feel godly. We try to convince others we are godly so that we can convince ourselves we are godly. The bottom line is that godliness is about relationship, not about image

Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself. It is as if they are showing you the way.