You want people who are both great fans and supporters and believers of your work and people who are also ruthlessly honest. People who will tell you the truth about it. Over the years I've picked up some friends and I know who to show what to and they'll give me the proper read.

Faith can take many different forms and expressions.

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

That may sound a big vague, but what has struck me in city after city is that despite our differences and diversity, there's a common humanity we all share. In many ways we're all searching and longing for the same things.

My experience is that lots of people go to church, sing the songs, tell the story, etc but have profound ambivalence about God.

Suffering is traumatic and awful and we get angry and we shake our fists at the heavens and we vent and rage and weep. But in the process we discover a new tomorrow, one we never would have imagined otherwise.

No one has the last word other than God.