"A world without God, and a God without the world, are both disappointing and lifeless, like saltless salt or a covered-up light. The story of Jesus is the story of God’s world colliding with ours, surprising us with new life and new creation. It’s only when we step into both stories simultaneously--acting out God’s story in the midst of all our other stories, participating in God’s renewal and reconciliation among the actual people and places with which we spend our week--that we and our neighbors truly come to life. "