God gives us what we want. For people who want nothing to do with peace, joy, reconciliation and peace... God will give you what you want. I see people make unbelievably destructive choices.

My experience as a pastor is lots of people have really toxic, dangerous, psychologically devastating images of God in their head, images of a God who's not good.

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

Christian' makes a poor adjective

I am for marriage. I am for fidelity. I am for love, whether it's a man and woman, a woman and a woman, a man and a man.

It is better to be fully present and rested and engaged for one thing than rushed, distracted, and scattered for ten.

Like a mirror, God appears to be more and more a reflection of whoever it is that happens to be talking about God at the moment.