Sam Weigle is Crossbridge’s shaggy-haired guitar player. The 29-year-old grew up Methodist, and was attending a Methodist church when he met Lloyd.
“The first time I heard him speak I was kind of hooked,” Weigle said. “It’s not a conventional church message, but it’s really back to the roots of what I believe Jesus intended.”
Lloyd is not surprised at the Pew numbers. He’s seen a bevy of local worship options emerge since his childhood, particularly ones for those who might not be comfortable with the pat answers that traditional churches often offer to moral questions.
“We’ve tried to make religion an exact science, and it’s just not,” Lloyd said. “Good religion is full of truths, truths that are life-changing, but it’s still fuzzy. The only thing I know for sure anymore is that God loves me more than I can imagine, even when I do stupid things, and that my job is to love him back, and to love other people.”
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Seeking salvation in a strip mall in Panama City, Florida
Sam Weigle is Crossbridge’s shaggy-haired guitar player. The 29-year-old grew up Methodist, and was attending a Methodist church when he met Lloyd.
“The first time I heard him speak I was kind of hooked,” Weigle said. “It’s not a conventional church message, but it’s really back to the roots of what I believe Jesus intended.”
Lloyd is not surprised at the Pew numbers. He’s seen a bevy of local worship options emerge since his childhood, particularly ones for those who might not be comfortable with the pat answers that traditional churches often offer to moral questions.
“We’ve tried to make religion an exact science, and it’s just not,” Lloyd said. “Good religion is full of truths, truths that are life-changing, but it’s still fuzzy. The only thing I know for sure anymore is that God loves me more than I can imagine, even when I do stupid things, and that my job is to love him back, and to love other people.”
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