There are moments when we have to return to our roots.

At the center of the Christian tradition since the first church have been a number who insist that history is not tragic, hell is not forever, and love, in the end, wins and all will be reconciled to God.

It is trusting that I am loved. That I always have been. That I always will be. I don't have to do anything. I don't have to prove anything, or achieve anything, or accomplish one more thing. That, exactly as I am, I am totally accepted, forgiven, and there is nothing I could ever do to lose this acceptance.

If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship.

The fundamental story arc of the Bible is God is passionate about rescuing this world, restoring it, renewing it.

Being a pastor for 20 years I realized that the labels, agnostic, atheist, believer, everybody's human and everybody wants to know what kind of universe we're living in, and everybody's living according to a story.

Many people confuse religion with God and walk away from them both. The point isn't Christianity, the point is being a Christian.