Chris Synesael is a pastor here in Victoria, and for the last month he's been reading the stories of Jesus with me. I sat him down with one question: who would you be without your faith?

His answer wasn't a sermon. It was insecurity, anger, and control, the stuff his faith has slowly been healing. From there we got into the $20 Raptors ticket that changed his life at 17, why nobody gets to opt out of faith, and the question about God he still wrestles with.

• Who he'd be without his faith
• The difference between responsibility and fault
• Can therapy heal the soul?
• Everybody believes in something
• A $20 Raptors ticket and "liquid love"
• Why God seems to work through pain
• The worst pickup line that worked, eventually

If you've ever wondered what faith actually does to a person, start here.

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Timestamps

00:00-03:32 Who would you be without Jesus?03:32-13:51 Insecurity, anger, and digging up the root13:51-17:55 Responsibility isn't fault: which difficult do you want?17:55-20:33 Can therapy and meditation heal the soul?20:33-25:37 Hunger implies food: reasoning toward God25:37-32:23 Everybody believes in something without evidence32:23-37:53 A $20 Raptors ticket and "liquid love"37:53-41:17 What if they found the bones of Jesus?41:17-47:47 Christianity isn't just "Be like Jesus"47:47-50:54 Why does God do His best work through pain?50:54-56:18 The worst pickup line that worked, eventually56:18-01:02:03 Chris asks me: what has faith been like?01:02:03-01:09:54 The problem of suffering: a God who feels it too01:09:54-01:10:55 What a pastor actually wants to be asked about