We embrace truth wherever we find it from whoever says it however we come across it. It’s a big beautiful exotic heartbreaking mysterious world we live in and it’s our home and we get to explore and learn and affirm truth wherever we find it.
We’re rediscovering Christianity as an Eastern religion, as a way of life.
Many in the modern world fell for the myth that we’re living in a static, fixed, flat reality of just material things.
If there’s any place where you would express your deepest doubts, it would be church.
The fact that we are loved and accepted and forgiven in spite of everything we have done is simply too good to be true.
The lesson that has been hardest for me to learn: there is nothing to prove.
You can set your intention to better understand your soul, your spirit, through daily practices like prayer, yoga and meditation, etc.
At the center of the Christian tradition since the first church have been a number who insist that history is not tragic, hell is not forever, and love, in the end, wins and all will be reconciled to God.
A good sermon is going to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed. It inspires you. It provokes you. It should make your soul soar.
Creating and sharing beautiful things has provided me with the inspiration that we can do things we never thought we could do and that we will get to see wonderful things we never thought we would see.
Celebrity seems totally at odds with authentic community and honest, real sorts of relationships.
Every generation has to ask difficult questions about what does it mean to follow Jesus.
For a lot of people in our world today, God has become about believing the right stuff so you don’t get in trouble.
You can be living in a big house, driving a nice car, going on exotic vacations and still be empty inside, crippled with fear and dread.
My parents were both very intellectually honest, straightforward, and for them, faith meant that you were fully engaged.
No one has the last word other than God.
I actually think there is hell because we see hell every day.
As a pastor, you get invited into the most poignant moments of people’s lives. Whether it’s a wedding or a funeral or a hospital visit, you get invited into the center of the event, whether or not you know the people.
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.
The Bible tells a story. A story that isn’t over. A story that is still being told. A story that we have a part to play in.