I feel like that's something the church has done really badly is actually confessing. We are sinners. We are broken, shattered people that do things selfishly, out of arrogance, pride, lust, greed. And all have fallen short. That doesn't mean some we're definitely a part of that inclusive all.

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

Experience is all I have. I equate song-writing with archeology. Every day you dig. You dig into different places within yourself - even finding places that you've rarely been. And buried within the soil is song.

For me songs are born out of the gray space, the things I don't fully understand, the things that I can't put in my pocket.

Faith, hope, and love remain. But the greatest of these is love.

Switchfoot is a surfing term… To switch your feet means to take a new stance facing the opposite direction. It's about change and movement, a different way of approaching life and music.

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