The Bible has been co-opted as a book of hate, and I am here to tell you that is BS. Love alone is credible. Love alone tells the truth. Whenever any lesser value replaces love, it quickly turns into manipulation, fear, and spiritual violence.

In this episode, I speak plainly about how Scripture gets cherry-picked and weaponized, used to shame, control, and threaten people into belief systems that look nothing like Jesus. I offer a different way to read the Bible by putting Jesus Christ over every verse as the template. If you cannot see Jesus in it, his healing, forgiveness, and love, then it is time to read it again.

We begin with the Lord’s Prayer as meditation, grounding ourselves in wisdom shared for more than two thousand years. I also share Love’s Creed, a personal creed that reminds me why I am alive. I am unavailable for anything less than love. From there, I reflect on how the Bible often reveals human brokenness rather than God, and why Jesus is the clearest picture we have of who God truly is.

I return to a powerful line from To Kill a Mockingbird, reminding us that the Bible in the wrong hands can become a weapon instead of a healing balm. When love is restored as the center, Scripture becomes a source of restoration rather than harm.

I close by inviting you to breathe, to live fully in the now, and to practice the most powerful words in the human language: I love you. Say them with intention. Say them while you still have time.

Thanks for being here. Be present. Be kind. Love more. Love now.