the fate of billions of people, not totally great. Sort of great. A little great.

Heaven is both the peace, stillness, serenity, and calm that come from having everything in its right place—that state in which nothing is required, needed, or missing—and the endless joy that comes from participating in the ongoing creation of the world.

How great is God? Great enough to achieve what God sets out to do, or kind of great, medium great, great most of the time, but in this,

he’s up to—except demons, who know exactly who he is and what’s he doing.

the flag and promotes whatever values they have decided their nation needs to return to? Are they referring to the supposed source of the imperial impulse of their group, which wants to conquer other groups “in the name of Jesus”? Are they referring to the logo or slogan of their political, economic, or military system through which they sanctify

I believe the discussion itself is divine.

who grew up in a Christian church and then walked away when they got older? Often pastors and parents and brothers and sisters are concerned about them and their spirituality—and often they should be. But sometimes those individuals’ rejection of church and the Christian faith they were presented with as the only possible interpretation of what it

What is it that when you do it, you lose track of time because you get lost in it? What do you do that makes you think, “I could do this forever”?

who has walked among us and continues to sustain everything with his love and power and grace and energy?