You may only get this one life – but lived free of submissive reverence – that is still a thing of rampant beauty.

Billions of years ago God was creating universes and life thousands of years ago he was creating angry floods, sin-saving human sacrifices and audible burning bushes. Today he occasionally appears on a piece of toast. To state that God has become reclusive over the years would be an overwhelming understatement.

For a God that created everything, it is mystifying why he created so much competition.