He was sick of God and God's religion, sick of all the little religious social clubs that didn't seem to make any real difference or affect any real changes.

Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationship.

Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive.

I often find that getting head issues out of the way first makes the heart stuff easier to work on later.

Responsibilites and expectations are the basis of guilt and shame and judgement, and they provide the essential framework that promotes performance as the basis for identity and value.

I don't see the Father pouring out his wrath on the Son. I see the human race pouring out their wrath on the Son. So I see the only hope for the entire cosmos is what the Son chooses to accept, crawling upon the instrument of our greatest wrath. He met us at the deepest, darkest place.

The ability to choose is at the essential core of our grandeur. Even evil exists because God respects our ability to choose.