I love to live things, so I wanted to immerse myself and get into the mindset - and sandals - of my forefathers.

One of the interesting things to me is that God grows throughout the Old Testament. He evolves, sort of matures, and becomes kinder.

I found there were things about religion that I really loved; things like the sense of gratefulness that it brings.

Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.

If my former self and my current self met for coffee, they'd get along OK, but they'd both probably walk out of the Starbucks shaking their heads and saying to themselves, “That guy is kinda delusional.”

There's a very passionate pro-chewing movement on the Internet called Chewdiasm. They say that we should be chewing 50 to 100 times per mouthful, which is insane. I tried that. It takes like a day and a half to eat a sandwich. But their basic idea is right. If you chew, you'll eat slower and you will get more nutrients.

I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.