We're rediscovering Christianity as an Eastern religion, as a way of life.

What we believe about heaven and hell is incredibly important because it exposes what we believe about who God is and what God is like.

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.

When the female voice is repressed and stifled, the entire community can easily find themselves cut off from the sacred feminine, depriving themselves of the full image of god.

As a pastor, you get invited into the most poignant moments of people's lives. Whether it's a wedding or a funeral or a hospital visit, you get invited into the center of the event, whether or not you know the people.

It's as if Thomas Kinkade and Dante were at a party, and one turned to the other sometime after midnight and uttered that classic line "You know, we really should work together sometime.

I actually think there is hell because we see hell every day.