Goodbye Bradford pt.II: Love Wins.

(I wrote this post before leaving BRADFORD. It was supposed to be my last blog in England, but the pictures wouldn't cooperate so I'm posting it now...)

"If you know me at all, than you'll know I am a huge Rob Bell fan. Rob Bell is a Pastor / Author from Grand Rapids Michigan. He is also the creator of the very popular NOOMA videos. This year he came out with a book that has made him less popular in some circles... The book is called "Love Wins: A Book About Heaven Hell and the Fate of Every Person Who Has Ever Lived". 

For me  believing Love Wins has become less about a controversial set of arguments, and more about a movement of sacrificial love. 

For me, “Love Wins” is an invitation. 

It’s joining in God’s declaration to the world that yes, you’re loved. 

Regaurdless of labels, regaurdless of doctrine...

Below are people who have joined this movement. 

Not simply by holding a sign, but by loving without limits. 

I love these people so much. Thinking about not seeing them everyday makes me not want to go. 

This year has truly changed my life. I never thought I could fall so in love with a place, or with a group of people. 

Before I took every picture, I had the privledge of telling each person, one by one, they are loved not only by me but by the creative energy which formed the universe. 

"What Jesus does is declare that he,and he alone,is saving everybody...

And then he leaves the door way, way open. Creating all sorts of possibilities. He is as narrow as himself and as wide as the universe...

People come to Jesus in all sorts of ways.

Sometimes people use his name;other times they don’t...

Some people have so much baggage with regard to the name “Jesus” that when they encounter the mystery present in all of creation—grace, peace, love, acceptance, healing, forgiveness—the last thing they are inclined to name it is “Jesus.”

What we see Jesus doing again and again—in the midst of constant reminders about the seriousness of following him living like him, and trusting him—is widening the scope and expanse of his saving work..."

Love Wins.