Even gang members imagine a future that doesnt include gangs.

God can get tiny, if we're not careful.

I want to be prophetic and take stands and stand with those on the margins, and I want to laugh as much as I can.

Close both eyes see with the other one. Then we are no longer saddled by the burden of our persistent judgments our ceaseless withholding our constant exclusion. Our sphere has widened and we find ourselves quite unexpectedly in a new expansive location in a place of endless acceptance and infinite love.

Even gang members imagine a future that doesnt include gangs.

If there is a fundamental challenge within these stories, it is simply to change our lurking suspicion that some lives matter less than other lives.