“I was just lying there, swimming in my own shame and guilt, when this still small voice whispered into the depths of my soul: I love you. I desire you. I delight in you. I saw you were going to… — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
“So what do we do then? What do you do when the only thing you want to do is yell at God and tell him how awful it is? You do exactly that. Cry. Yell. Scream. Be honest. Be transparent. And be vulnerable. For the first nineteen years of my life, I wanted God to give me an answer, but… — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share
“Trying to live without community is like trying to live without oxygen. We weren't created to do it.” — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
There are some dudes who pressure her even when she says stop it. Your not a man you are just a boy that can shave and you put on a good cover because if you don't respect her when she says no, you certainly don't love her. So how about you start studying her heart, stop studying her booty. Or… — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share
“Without the rain there is no beauty in the summer. Rain gives depth, it gives beauty, and it gives roots. If a plant is… — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
“We all come in with baggage. We all come in trying to find our way. We all come in with broken edges.” — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
“When I was trying to earn Jesus by being good, I missed the real Jesus who wants us to love him and serve him… — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
“Even though there are few to no credible passages—properly interpreted—in Scripture that call things such as alcohol and tattoos utterly sinful, some fundamentalists insist… — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
“Isn't that the story for many of us in America? Christianity is our default setting.” — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
“The Bible isn't a rule book. It's a love letter. I'm not an employee. I'm a child. It's not about my performance. It's about… — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
“The more I read, the more I felt the Bible looked a lot more like the movie 300 than the movie Pleasantville.” — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
“I realized we had created a Jesus who's safe for the whole family. But if we were honest, we'd ask, how is a homeless… — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
“We refuse to turn off our computers, turn off our phone, log off Facebook, and just sit in silence, because in those moments we… — Jefferson Bethke Copy Share Image
