All right.

Well, today we're talking about salvation.

And I have a question for you guys about salvation because so much talk of one sort of salvation

or another happens in conservative circles and progressive circles and most religious

circles, there's always some sort of like idea of what that means.

And you know, when I was a conservative, it was kind of like you're on God's team.

And you're in, you've got the badge, you've got the right beliefs, you've got the past,

the backstage past, to the universe.

You get to go to hang out with the creator when you die.

And then when I became more progressive, it became more about this world.

But even in that, so what would it mean if we're talking about our current lives, what

would salvation?

Is it a worthwhile concept?

And here's my question to just kind of get the ball rolling because so much of when

we think about what a good life is or what's the pinnacle of life.

And even when we think about helping other people and what are we moving towards?

That's the goal or all like we're thinking about equality and we're thinking about justice.

We're thinking about all the good things we want in the world.

What are we really aiming for?

I think sometimes we don't actually look too much at the end result of what we're aiming

for.

And here's a question that would help us maybe wonder if our end result is really what

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