interview with rob bell

Here is a piece from an interview with Rob Bell:

What is at the heart of what you do?

Hope.

There is the perspective of the person who pretends that everything is fine—the shiny, happy people perspective, "this is the day God has made," but doesn’t seem to acknowledge how bloody and difficult the world is.

Then there is the deconstructionist voice of despair that says, I see how rough it is and how horrible and hard life is—all they have is commiserating with you.

Then there is this third category of voices of people who acknowledge how things really are and still have hope. And those are always the people who inspire me so much.

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