We all want to make a difference, to live in peace, to have joy each morning that we get to live this day and see what it brings.
Rob BellBefore anything else, you have received breath - the gift of life itself. The first word about you is GIFT.
Rob BellFor Jesus, heaven and hell were present realities. Ways of living we can enter into here and now. He talked very little of the life beyond this one.
Rob BellAnd a lot of times, the religious discussion is almost a masquerade for the real question, is what stories that we tell ourselves and that we tell each other and what convictions and beliefs actually have the capacity to make us the kind of people who together can make the world the kind of world we all want it to be?
Rob Bell