And this reality extends beyond this life. Heaven is full of forgiven people. Hell is full of forgiven people. Heaven is full of people God loves, whom Jesus died for. Hell is full of forgiven people God loves, whom Jesus died for. The difference is how we choose to live, which story we choose to live in, which version of reality we trust.

In one of the accounts of Jesus's death we read that the curtain in the temple of God-the one that kept people out of the holiest place of God's presence-ripped.One New Testament writer said that this ripping was a picture of how, because of Jesus, we can have new, direct access to God.A beautiful idea.But the curtain ripping also means that God comes out, that God is no longer confined to the temple as God was previously.

We often rush through the experiences that have the greatest shift.

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

The historical orthodox Christian faith is extremely wide and diverse.

Any time someone makes you feel guilty about how you are living, that is part of the old system (pre-Christ).

People received, affirmed and experienced grace in many different forms.