Like most Jews, I have a personal—if complicated—relationship with God, and so after reading Brendan's post about the Mars Hill Church claim that "God wants us to have" a Sound Transit-owned property in Bellevue for a new mega-church, I decided to ask God for comment.

Not only did God deny wanting the land for Mars Hill—"Unto Sound Transit have I given this land, from 120th Avenue NE unto the great railroad tracks," God bluntly said unto me—He also denied ever speaking to Mark Driscoll, Thomas Hurst, or any other pastor at Mars Hill Church. And when asked to comment on Hurst's assertion that "Jesus wants us to set down deep roots here on the Eastside," God laughed "Jesus who?" before elaborating: "I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God."