White folks' greed runs a world in need.

Being at odds with policies is nothing new to me.

I continue to be a pastor who speaks to the people of God about the things of God.

The stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back into our own front yard! America's chickens are coming home to roost!

Faith should be pulled into the public arena when it affects how we live. If it doesn't, it does no earthly good. What does my faith say about the fact that a girl can't be a nuclear physicist because she's black and from the inner city? My faith says, no, that's not what God intended. It pulls it back into the public arena the idea that there's got to be something fair for all of us.

White folks' greed runs a world in need.

You should understand that private faith does not force public decisions. That's how you work at compromise. I haven't given up what I believe, but I live in community - in a city, state, nation, and world - with people who don't believe what I believe. That doesn't make them defective or inferior.