“But my story is so cliché. People always convert after near-death experiences. You don’t...

“But my story is so cliché. People always convert after near-death experiences. You don’t understand. My personality has to change if I’m going to be a believer. I feel like I can’t be sarcastic, like I can’t have fun anymore, like I can’t be who I am if I bring God into my life.”

“That’s not true, Rachel. That’s just your mind trying to set up road blocks. Everyone’s relationship with God is unique. You don’t have to be like me just because we believe in the same God. You can be yourself. God wants you to be yourself.”

“See,” Rachel said. “That right there: God wants you to be yourself. What the hell does that mean? How do you know what God wants? Why would you say something like that?”

John laughed. “You’re right,” he said. “I don’t know what God wants. Maybe I’ve been telling other people about God for too long. It’s a habit to speak as if my opinion were his voice. I’ll try and stop doing that.”