Many in the modern world fell for the myth that we're living in a static, fixed, flat reality of just material things.

I believe our world desperately needs Good News.

[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.

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

The life that you want begins the moment you embrace the life you have because all of it is a miracle.

Culture is already there and the church will continue to be even more irrelevant when it quotes letters from two thousand years ago as their best defense. When you have in front of you flesh and blood people who are your brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, co-workers and neighbors and they love each other and they just want to go through life with someone.

We can choose the way of compassion, the way of forgiveness, the way of generosity. Or we can choose other paths and those have very real consequences in the world. This is absolutely crucial.