A lot of Christians have been taught a story that begins in chapter 3 of Genesis, instead of chapter 1. If your story doesn't begin in the beginning, but begins in chapter 3, then it starts with sin, and so the story becomes about dealing with the sin problem. So Jesus is seen as primarily dealing with our sins.

People have a view of a God who is terrible that they can't even imagine being loving or wanting anything to do with.

I have been told that I need to believe in Jesus. Which is a good thing. But what I am learning is that Jesus believes in me.

Your life is a gift and how you respond to it - what you do with it matters. That's where I start.

We live in the midst of a creation that is groaning.

I think what's happened in the modern world, there's a lot of people that sound very smart and it's very compelling and alluring, but it leaves you empty.

We shape our God, and then our God shapes us.