I think the church needs – I think this is the world we are living in and we need to affirm people wherever they are.

This is why for thousands of years Christians have found the cross to be so central to life. It speaks to us of God's suffering, God's pain, God's broken heart. It's God making the first move and then waiting for our response.

Swords appear strong, but they're actually quite weak. Jesus appears weak, but he's actually quite strong.

If the gospel isn't good news for everybody, then it isn't good news for anybody.

God has spoken, and everything else is commentary.

To elevate abstract doctrines and dogmas over living, breathing, embodied experiences of God's love and grace, then, is going the wrong direction. It's taking flesh and turning it back into words.

The thought of the word church and the word marketing in the same sentence makes me sick.