I’m at least as self-contradictory as the Scriptures. Some days I feel that Jesus walks beside me, and other days I feel I’m completely bonkers for buying into the Resurrection. I’ve denied Christ more than three times. But when I read the Bible, it gives me confidence that even I, with all my hang-ups, am included in the sprawling, multi-millennia story of God’s people. I no longer fear the Scriptures. I’m back to reading them every day.