Off Script: A Conversation with Trey Ferguson

Congratulations to Pastor Trey Ferguson on the release of his lovely new book, Love is Good Religion, which dropped yesterday! Grateful he took time out of his full schedule and book launch busyness to chat for our Off Script series. We talk about what it means to seek wholeness, how love is a commitment more than a feeling, and how old-fashioned words like “salvation” find fresh meaning when we look anew at our sacred text.

Here’s Trey reflecting on one of my favorite parts of the book: in the beginning was the intention, and the intention was with God, and the intention was God.

And as promised, here is Michael Danner’s definition of shalom, near and dear to Trey’s heart and well worth carrying around!

Shalom is a social condition where all people, in all places, and at all times, have everything they need to thrive as people created in the image of God.

This includes the absence of some things and the presence of others.

Until all people experience it, shalom is not present.

As I like to say, that’ll preach.

Check out Trey Ferguson here. And learn more about my book, Better Than Normal: Virtues for an Off-Script Life here.