Jesus Christ's mercy and power indwells us and gives us the strength to make a positive difference.

The shadow proves the sunshine.

I think sometimes we can use spirituality as a vehicle to go closer to the things that frighten us and sometimes we can use it as a shield. I'm guilty of it too. I think spiritual words can do one or the other. Because when I hear people say, in a religion setting, 'Glory,' 'Praise the Lord,' 'Hallelujah,' but it doesn't mean anything, those are actually words that distance us from God, ironically enough.

It’s a good thing my parents named me Jon because that’s what everyone calls me.

For me, when I think about Christ, I think about this iconoclastic man who lived and died for the broken. And the paramount underdog, which is basically turning the world on it’s head. Blessed are the poor and blessed are the hungry, blessed are the broken, all these things that feel very backwards in our fame, power, beauty, riches hungry world. That’s who Christ is to me.

The beauty of what I read in the gospel is the intimacy of what we're called to, that there's no middle man.

Information has become king, whereas wisdom should be king and there is a big difference between the two.