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.

Questions are not scary. What is scary is when people don’t have any. What is tragic is faith that has no room for them.

One of the oldest aches in the bones of humanity is loneliness. I mean it's one of the things that goes way back; loneliness is not good for the world. And so, whoever you are, gay or straight, it is totally normal, natural, and healthy to want somebody to go through life with. It's central to our humanity.

I believe our world desperately needs Good News.

When we get to what happens when we die, we don't have any video footage. So let's at least be honest that we are speculating, because we are.

The vibrant, real historic Christian faith is very wide and leaves lots and lots of room for varying perspectives. It's very diverse and wide, that's part of it's strength, life and vibrancy.

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