Question:
What is a defining moment? And what does it have
to do with
stretchy pants?
Answer: Are you serious? Have you never
experienced a defining moment in your life that
defines who you were and who you will
become? Have you never faced the proverbial "fork in
the road" that leads to two entirely different futures?
Have you never had to make a defining moment
choice in your spiritual journey? You know, the "as for
me and my house..." kind of choices.
Oh, and a defining moment
has absolutely nothing to do with
stretchy pants...just in case you were still
wondering.
“I’m completely in favor of the separation of Church and
State.
My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on
their own,
so that both of them together is certain death.”
George Carlin (1937- )
I am keenly aware of the fact that you may be wondering
about a guy who would write a book entitled, Love Jesus, Hate
Church. You probably have some questions, maybe many
questions, about the origins of a book that makes people as
uncomfortable as Love Jesus, Hate Church has proven to do.
You may be asking yourself, "How can you be a Christian
and use the words Love and Hate and Jesus and Church all in
the same sentence? It just seems so wrong."
And, you're right. It does seem wrong.
True. But wrong.
Yep, I would probably be wondering the same thing if
the tables were turned and I found myself in your shoes.
So, let me see if I can shed some light on who I am and
why I do what I do by telling you a bit about myself and how I
came to write Love Jesus, Hate Church. Let me share with you,
oh, how shall I put it— the joy of believing the lie. I
believe this will give you a better grasp of who I am and why
I wrote
Love Jesus, Hate Church.
