We turned an anthem into an assignment, a poem into a job description.

The woman described in Proverbs 31 is not some ideal that exists out there; she is present in each one of us when we do even the smallest things with valor

When [Jesus] wanted fully to explain what his forthcoming death was all about He didn't give a theory. He didn't even give them a set of Scriptural texts. He gave them a meal.

While the word charity connotes a single act of giving, justice speaks to right living, of aligning oneself with the world in a way that sustains rather than exploits the rest of creation. Justice is not a gift; it’s a lifestyle, a commitment to the Jewish concept of tikkun olam—‘repairing the world.’

As a Christian, my highest calling is not motherhood; my highest calling is to follow Christ.

We need to stop building our churches around categories and start building them around people.

What millennials really want from the church is not a change in style but a change in substance.