If your faith is threatened by something that's true, then it wasn't much of a faith to begin with, was it?

The historical orthodox Christian faith is extremely wide and diverse.

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

The Bible itself is a book that constantly must be wrestled with and re-interpreted. ... Bible interpretation is colored by historical context, the reader's bias and current realities. The more you study the Bible, the more questions it raises. It is not possible to simply do what the Bible says.

What's interesting is, if you take the scientists and the theologians, the really good ones, they end up both filled with this wide-eyed sense of wonder and awe about look at this world we live in.

Atoms are a relationship of energy. You are a relationship of energy interacting with another person who is another complex relationship of energy. We all exchange more than words with each other. . . We are made of the same substance as rocks and stars. .. We are an exotic cocktail living on this planet. .. We live in this universe which is a self-transcending reality

The world is desperately in need of people who will break themselves open and pour themselves out for the reconciliation of all things- that's what the world needs.