I think that at the core of faith is trust.

To say it again, eternal life is less about a kind of time that starts when we die, and more about a quality and vitality of life now in connection to God. Eternal life doesn't start when we die; it starts now. It's not about a life that begins at death; it's about experiencing the kind of life now that can endure and survive even death.

Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn’t as bright as it could be.

Suffering, it turns out, demands profound imagination. A new future has to be conjured up because the old future isn't there anymore.

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

I got into pastoring because of the art form. I started a church, but I felt the art form needed to be freed for all people. A particular religion over others was never interesting to me. I wanted to talk to people about what it means to be alive and what it means to be human.

My interest is in what's true, where is the life, where is the heart and what inspires.