Before anything else, you have received breath - the gift of life itself. The first word about you is GIFT.

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

Many of the most significant moments in our lives come not because it all went right but because it all fell apart

Love frees us to embrace all of our history, the history in which all things are being made new.

It is such a letdown to rise from the dead and have your friends not recognize you.

This is misguided and toxic and ultimately subverts the contagious spread of Jesus' message of love, peace, forgiveness and joy that our world desperately needs to hear.

We're rediscovering Christianity as an Eastern religion, as a way of life.