Whether we are reading the Bible for the first time or standing in a field in Israel next to a historian and an archaeologist and a scholar, the Bible meets us where we are. That is what truth does

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

Many of the most significant moments in our lives come not because it all went right but because it all fell apart

People have a view of a God who is terrible that they can't even imagine being loving or wanting anything to do with.

I get ideas about things I want to make and then I throw myself into it with everything I have.

[The Bible] has to be interpreted. And if it isn’t interpreted, then it can’t be put into action. So if we are serious about following God, then we have to interpret the Bible. It is not possible to simply do what the Bible says. We must first make decisions about what it means at this time, in this place, for these people.

Often the people most concerned about others going to hell when they die seem less concerned with the hells on earth right now, while the people most concerned with the hells on earth right now seem the least concerned about hell after death.