I'm interested in painting the most beautifully compelling pictures and images and metaphors and stories and explanations possible that will put Jesus in language for a world that desperately needs to...

1

annotations

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,...

1

annotations

Over the years, I've realized that I have as much in common with the performance artist, the standup comedian, the screenwriter, as I do with the theologian. I'm in an odd world where I make things...

1

annotations

The myth of redemptive violence - Caesar, peace, and victory - is in people's bones so deeply, we aren't even aware of it. You crush the opposition; that's how we bring peace.

1

annotations

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...

1

annotations

When we get to what happens when we die, we don't have any video footage. So let's at least be honest that we are speculating, because we are.

1

annotations

Every generation has to ask difficult questions about what does it mean to follow Jesus.

1

annotations

Celebrity seems totally at odds with authentic community and honest, real sorts of relationships.

1

annotations

If there's any place where you would express your deepest doubts, it would be church.

1

annotations

I'm very comfortable in a room with thousands of people.

1

annotations