Snippets from Rob Bell's interview

In response to the question "Is heaven a real place?", Rob Bell says that it is. He does on to discuss the peace that a dying man had in his final moments as his body is about to give out, and describes his experience of being with that man as 'rubbing up against' the reality of heaven.

He essentially says (about as close as he ever seems to go to actually saying anything concretely) that heaven is a reality that is experienced by humans in the here and now. That man's peace as his body was about to give out, was him being in heaven.

Of Jesus, he says:

As opposed to 'how do we get there?', his interest is more about 'how do we get 'there' to be here?'.

What would you answer? pt 1

I was a subject for a documentary being done by an old friend from uni. He's putting together a mini-doco on 'Devotion' and I'm one of three participants who answered a few of his questions about devotion. I was chosen for my alleged devotion to Christianity, another guy for his devotion to his child and a third for his devotion to Stargate.

I thought I'd post some of the questions Pat asked me, to see what you guys would say under the same circumstances. Just a few at a time.

1 . What were you doing five years ago?

2 . What are you doing with your life at the moment?

3 . What are the five great loves of your life? What are you passionate about?

4 . When did your devotion to God begin?

5 . How would you describe your relationship with God?

6 . How long did it take you to form this relationship?