Perhaps there is no more dangerous place for a Christian to be than in safety and comfort, detached from the suffering of others.

Violence is for those who have lost their imagination.

We have to use our discontentment to engage rather than disengage - our hope has to be more powerful than our cynicism.

The best critique of what is wrong is the practice of something better. So let's stop complaining about the church we've experienced and work on becoming the church we dream of.

We are setting ourselves up for disappointment if our hope is built on anything less than Jesus.

God's people are not to accumulate stuff for tomorrow but to share indiscriminately with the scandalous and holy confidence that God will provide for tomorrow. Then we need not stockpile stuff in barns or a 401(k), especially when there is someone in need.

There is nothing more sickening than talking about poverty over a fancy dinner.