I have met countless people who call themselves Christians who don't appear to have any living breathing vibrant connection with the resurrected Christ and I've met countless people from every religious background including atheists that tell me of their very personal and real experiences of the living Christ. I don't have people asking me why they should believe something - that's starting off on the wrong foot to say the least.

To me some of the greatest writing is when somebody puts something in words that you felt and experienced and you go, that's it.

My parents were both very intellectually honest, straightforward, and for them, faith meant that you were fully engaged.

What we believe about heaven and hell is incredibly important because it exposes what we believe about who God is and what God is like.

I believe our world desperately needs Good News.

Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth.

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